Match | Date | Time | Venue / Stadium | Attendance |
| 3 | 12 June 2010 | 16:00 | Johannesburg / Ellis Park Stadium | 55686 |
Referee Wolfgang STARK (GER) | Assistant Referee 1 Jan-Hendrik SALVER (GER) | |
Fourth Official Khalil AL GHAMDI (KSA) | Assistant Referee 2 Mike PICKEL (GER) | |
Match Commissioner Alex SOOSAY (MAS) | Fifth Official Hassan KAMRANIFAR (IRN) |
| Argentina (ARG) | Statistics | Nigeria (NGA) |
| 20 | Shots | 11 |
| 7 | Shots on goal | 1 |
| 7 | Fouls Committed | 8 |
| 10 | Corner kicks | 4 |
| 2 | Direct Free Kicks to Goal | 1 |
| 0 | Indirect Free Kicks to Goal | 0 |
| 0 / 0 | Penalty Kicks | 0 / 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 0 |
| 0 | Own Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Cautions | 1 |
| 0 | Expulsions due to Second Caution | 0 |
| 0 | Direct Expulsions | 0 |
| 58% | Possession (%) | 42% |
| 42 | Actual playing time | 31 |
| Argentina (ARG) | Ball Possession Heat Map | Nigeria (NGA) |
| 5% | 14% | 10% |
| 10% | 17% | 10% |
| 6% | 19% | 9% |
| 5% | 10% | 8% |
| 12% | 16% | 13% |
| 3% | 19% | 14% |
| # | Name | Pos | Min | GF | GA | SG/S | PK | Fouls | Y | 2Y=R | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 22 | Sergio ROMERO | GK | 90 | |||||||||
| 2 | Martin DEMICHELIS | D | 90 | 2 | ||||||||
| 6 | Gabriel HEINZE | D | 90 | 1 | 1/1 | |||||||
| 7 | Angel DI MARIA | M | 85 | 0/1 | ||||||||
| 8 | Juan VERON | M | 74 | 0/2 | 1 | |||||||
| 9 | Gonzalo HIGUAIN | F | 79 | 2/4 | 1 | |||||||
| 10 | Lionel MESSI | F | 90 | 4/8 | 4 | |||||||
| 11 | Carlos TEVEZ | F | 90 | 0/2 | 1 | |||||||
| 13 | Walter SAMUEL | D | 90 | 0/2 | ||||||||
| 14 | Javier MASCHERANO | M | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| 17 | Jonas GUTIERREZ | M | 90 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Nicolas BURDISSO | D | 5 | |||||||||
| 19 | Diego MILITO | F | 11 | 1 | ||||||||
| 20 | Maxi RODRIGUEZ | M | 16 | |||||||||
| Total | 1 | 7/20 | 7 | 8 | 1 | |||||||
| # | Name | Pos | Min | GF | GA | SG/S | PK | Fouls | Y | 2Y=R | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 1 | Vincent ENYEAMA | GK | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | Joseph YOBO | D | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| 3 | Taye TAIWO | D | 75 | 0/2 | ||||||||
| 6 | Danny SHITTU | D | 90 | |||||||||
| 8 | Yakubu AYEGBENI | F | 90 | 0/1 | 3 | |||||||
| 14 | Sani KAITA | M | 90 | 0/2 | ||||||||
| 15 | Lukman HARUNA | M | 90 | 0/1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 17 | Chidi ODIAH | D | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| 18 | Victor OBINNA | F | 52 | |||||||||
| 19 | Chinedu OGBUKE OBASI | F | 60 | 0/3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 20 | Dickson ETUHU | M | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Obafemi MARTINS | F | 38 | 1/1 | 1 | |||||||
| 11 | Peter ODEMWINGIE | F | 30 | 2 | ||||||||
| 12 | Kalu UCHE | M | 15 | 0/1 | ||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1/11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | |||||||
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | (C): | Captain | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out |
| GK: | Goalkeeper | N: | Not eligible to play | I: | Injured |
| Y: | Yellow cards | Pos: | Positions | A: | Absent |
| D: | Defender | M: | Midfielder | Min: | Minutes played |
| GF: | Goals for | GA: | Goals against | PK: | Penalty Kicks |
| FC: | Fouls Committed | FS: | Fouls Suffered | R: | Direct Expulsions |
| F: | Forward | SG/S: | Shots on Goal/Shots | Y: 2Y=R: | Yellow cards Expulsions due to Second Caution |
Match Report