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Argentina
FT
3–0
7 Oct 2026
Benin
International Friendlies Wed 7 Oct, 00:00London Estadio Más Monumental, Buenos Aires

Timeline

  1. 44' Nicolás Otamendi Yellow Card
  2. 48' Nicolás Otamendi assist Lionel Messi
  3. 52' Lisandro Martínez for Nicolás Otamendi
  4. 52' Facundo Medina for Nicolás Tagliafico
  5. 55' Mohamed Tijani Yellow Card
  6. 59' Nico Paz for Rodrigo De Paul
  7. 60' Nico González for Julián Álvarez
  8. 61' Nico Paz assist Lionel Messi
  9. 64' Matteo Ahlinvi for Junior Olaitan
  10. 64' Junior Pamilerin Olougbade for Yamirou Ouorou
  11. 75' Jodel Dossou for Tosin Aiyegun
  12. 75' Charlemagne Azongnitode for Tamimou Ouorou
  13. 76' Saturnin Allagbé for Marcel Dandjinou
  14. 78' Leonel Flores for Lautaro Martínez
  15. 79' Franco Mastantuono for Cristian Romero
  16. 79' Exequiel Palacios for Enzo Fernández
  17. 90'+1' Samadou Attidjikou for Hassane Imourane
  18. 90'+1' Sahid Ngobi for Rodolfo Aloko
  19. 90'+1' Amiro Amadou for Yohan Roche

Match stats

65.2% Possession 34.8%
19 Shots 7
12 On target 2
11 Fouls 14
1 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
6 Offsides 0
2 Saves 8
607 Accurate passes 282

Lineups

Argentina 4-3-3
23 Martínez
3 Tagliafico 19 Otamendi 13 Romero 4 Giay
8 Fernández 20 Mac Allister 7 De Paul
9 Álvarez 22 Martínez 10 Messi
Benin 4-2-3-1
1 Dandjinou
3 Ouorou 13 Tijani 5 Roche 2 Omore
8 Imourane 15 D'Almeida
11 Ouorou 18 Olaitan 17 Aloko
10 Aiyegun
Argentina 4-3-3
  1. 23 Emiliano Martínez G
  2. 19 Nicolás Otamendi ▼ CD-L
  3. 13 Cristian Romero ▼ CD-R
  4. 3 Nicolás Tagliafico ▼ LB
  5. 4 Agustín Giay RB
  6. 20 Alexis Mac Allister CM
  7. 8 Enzo Fernández ▼ LM
  8. 7 Rodrigo De Paul ▼ RM
  9. 22 Lautaro Martínez ▼ F
  10. 9 Julián Álvarez ▼ LF
  11. 10 Lionel Messi RF

Came on

  1. 18 Nico Paz ▲ SUB
  2. 6 Lisandro Martínez ▲ SUB
  3. 31 Leonel Flores ▲ SUB
  4. 30 Franco Mastantuono ▲ SUB
  5. 25 Facundo Medina ▲ SUB
  6. 15 Nico González ▲ SUB
  7. 14 Exequiel Palacios ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (8)
  1. 17 Giuliano Simeone SUB
  2. 24 Valentín Barco SUB
  3. 11 Giovani Lo Celso SUB
  4. 1 Juan Musso SUB
  5. 12 Gerónimo Rulli SUB
  6. 16 Gianluca Prestianni SUB
  7. 21 José Manuel López SUB
  8. 2 Leonardo Balerdi SUB
Benin 4-2-3-1
  1. 1 Marcel Dandjinou ▼ G
  2. 13 Mohamed Tijani CD-L
  3. 5 Yohan Roche ▼ CD-R
  4. 3 Tamimou Ouorou ▼ LB
  5. 2 Liam Omore RB
  6. 18 Junior Olaitan ▼ AM
  7. 8 Hassane Imourane ▼ LM
  8. 15 Sessi D'Almeida RM
  9. 10 Tosin Aiyegun ▼ F
  10. 11 Yamirou Ouorou ▼ AM-L
  11. 17 Rodolfo Aloko ▼ AM-R

Came on

  1. 4 Amiro Amadou ▲ SUB
  2. 20 Jodel Dossou ▲ SUB
  3. 7 Matteo Ahlinvi ▲ SUB
  4. 6 Sahid Ngobi ▲ SUB
  5. 16 Saturnin Allagbé ▲ SUB
  6. 19 Junior Pamilerin Olougbade ▲ SUB
  7. 12 Charlemagne Azongnitode ▲ SUB
  8. 22 Samadou Attidjikou ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (3)
  1. 21 Joseph Oloko Ede SUB
  2. 14 Olatoundji Tessilimi SUB
  3. 23 Serge Obassa SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, Argentina 3, Benin 0.
  2. 90'+5' Second Half ends, Argentina 3, Benin 0.
  3. 90'+5' Attempt missed. Lionel Messi (Argentina) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
  4. 90'+3' Lionel Messi (Argentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  5. 90'+3' Foul by Sessi D'Almeida (Benin).
  6. 90'+2' Leonel Flores (Argentina) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  7. 90'+2' Foul by Samadou Attidjikou (Benin).
  8. 90'+1' Substitution, Benin. Amiro Amadou replaces Yohan Roche.
  9. 90'+1' Substitution, Benin. Sahid Ngobi replaces Rodolfo Aloko.
  10. 90'+1' Substitution, Benin. Samadou Attidjikou replaces Imourane Hassane.
  11. 90'+1' Offside, Argentina. Lionel Messi is caught offside.
  12. 90' Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
111 earlier entries
  1. 90' Franco Mastantuono (Argentina) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  2. 90' Foul by Mattéo Ahlinvi (Benin).
  3. 89' Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Saturnin Allagbé.
  4. 89' Attempt saved. Lionel Messi (Argentina) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Saturnin Allagbé (Benin). Assisted by Giovani Lo Celso.
  5. 89' Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Saturnin Allagbé.
  6. 89' Attempt saved. Leonel Flores (Argentina) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Saturnin Allagbé (Benin). Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball.
  7. 88' Offside, Argentina. Lionel Messi is caught offside.
  8. 86' Foul by Facundo Medina (Argentina).
  9. 86' Rodolfo Aloko (Benin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  10. 84' Foul by Facundo Medina (Argentina).
  11. 84' Rodolfo Aloko (Benin) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  12. 83' Offside, Argentina. Lionel Messi is caught offside.
  13. 82' Attempt missed. Franco Mastantuono (Argentina) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right.
  14. 82' Attempt saved. Leonel Flores (Argentina) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Saturnin Allagbé (Benin). Assisted by Nico Paz.
  15. 80' Agustín Giay (Argentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  16. 80' Foul by Junior Olougbade (Benin).
  17. 80' Foul by Nico Paz (Argentina).
  18. 80' Rodolfo Aloko (Benin) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  19. 79' Substitution, Argentina. Exequiel Palacios replaces Enzo Fernández.
  20. 79' Substitution, Argentina. Franco Mastantuono replaces Cristian Romero.
  21. 79' Substitution, Argentina. Giovani Lo Celso replaces Alexis Mac Allister.
  22. 78' Substitution, Argentina. Leonel Flores replaces Lautaro Martínez.
  23. 77' Foul by Lisandro Martínez (Argentina).
  24. 77' Jodel Dossou (Benin) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  25. 76' Substitution, Benin. Saturnin Allagbé replaces Marcel Dandjinou.
  26. 75' Substitution, Benin. Charlemagne Azongnitode replaces Tamimou Ouorou.
  27. 75' Substitution, Benin. Jodel Dossou replaces Aiyegun Tosin.
  28. 75' Attempt missed. Lionel Messi (Argentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nico González with a cross.
  29. 73' Foul by Nico Paz (Argentina).
  30. 73' Tamimou Ouorou (Benin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  31. 71' Goal! Argentina 3, Benin 0. Lionel Messi (Argentina) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  32. 71' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  33. 70' Delay in match because of an injury Tamimou Ouorou (Benin).
  34. 68' Penalty Argentina. Agustín Giay draws a foul in the penalty area.
  35. 68' Penalty conceded by Tamimou Ouorou (Benin) after a foul in the penalty area.
  36. 65' Nico González (Argentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  37. 65' Foul by Mattéo Ahlinvi (Benin).
  38. 64' Substitution, Benin. Junior Olougbade replaces Yamirou Ouorou.
  39. 64' Substitution, Benin. Mattéo Ahlinvi replaces Junior Olaïtan.
  40. 64' Corner, Benin. Conceded by Cristian Romero.
  41. 61' Goal! Argentina 2, Benin 0. Nico Paz (Argentina) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  42. 61' Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  43. 61' Foul by Yohan Roche (Benin).
  44. 60' Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Marcel Dandjinou.
  45. 60' Attempt saved. Lionel Messi (Argentina) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner by Marcel Dandjinou (Benin).
  46. 60' Substitution, Argentina. Nico González replaces Julián Alvarez.
  47. 59' Substitution, Argentina. Nico Paz replaces Rodrigo De Paul.
  48. 59' Lionel Messi (Argentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  49. 59' Foul by Mohamed Tijani (Benin).
  50. 57' Offside, Argentina. Lautaro Martínez is caught offside.
  51. 56' Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  52. 56' Foul by Imourane Hassane (Benin).
  53. 56' Foul by Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina).
  54. 56' Aiyegun Tosin (Benin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  55. 55' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  56. 55' Mohamed Tijani (Benin) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  57. 55' Delay in match because of an injury Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina).
  58. 53' Foul by Agustín Giay (Argentina).
  59. 53' Junior Olaïtan (Benin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  60. 53' Attempt blocked. Enzo Fernández (Argentina) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Agustín Giay with a cross.
  61. 52' Substitution, Argentina. Facundo Medina replaces Nicolás Tagliafico.
  62. 52' Substitution, Argentina. Lisandro Martínez replaces Nicolás Otamendi.
  63. 48' Goal! Argentina 1, Benin 0. Nicolás Otamendi (Argentina) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a cross following a corner.
  64. 48' Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Mohamed Tijani.
  65. 45' Second Half begins Argentina 0, Benin 0.
  66. 45'+1' First Half ends, Argentina 0, Benin 0.
  67. 45' Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  68. 44' Nicolás Otamendi (Argentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  69. 44' Attempt missed. Tamimou Ouorou (Benin) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right.
  70. 44' Attempt saved. Yamirou Ouorou (Benin) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Emiliano Martínez (Argentina). Assisted by Junior Olaïtan.
  71. 44' Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Marcel Dandjinou.
  72. 43' Attempt saved. Julián Alvarez (Argentina) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner by Marcel Dandjinou (Benin). Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball.
  73. 43' Attempt saved. Junior Olaïtan (Benin) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Emiliano Martínez (Argentina). Assisted by Yamirou Ouorou.
  74. 37' Handball by Junior Olaïtan (Benin).
  75. 36' Offside, Argentina. Lautaro Martínez is caught offside.
  76. 35' Agustín Giay (Argentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  77. 35' Foul by Rodolfo Aloko (Benin).
  78. 33' Foul by Nicolás Tagliafico (Argentina).
  79. 33' Rodolfo Aloko (Benin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  80. 32' Attempt missed. Lionel Messi (Argentina) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lautaro Martínez following a fast break.
  81. 31' Foul by Nicolás Tagliafico (Argentina).
  82. 31' Rodolfo Aloko (Benin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  83. 29' Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Liam Omore.
  84. 29' Attempt blocked. Lautaro Martínez (Argentina) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rodrigo De Paul with a cross.
  85. 27' Enzo Fernández (Argentina) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  86. 27' Foul by Sessi D'Almeida (Benin).
  87. 26' Attempt saved. Lionel Messi (Argentina) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Marcel Dandjinou (Benin).
  88. 25' Lionel Messi (Argentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  89. 25' Foul by Imourane Hassane (Benin).
  90. 24' Attempt missed. Lionel Messi (Argentina) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Rodrigo De Paul with a through ball.
  91. 19' Attempt missed. Junior Olaïtan (Benin) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Rodolfo Aloko with a cross.
  92. 17' Attempt missed. Aiyegun Tosin (Benin) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Junior Olaïtan with a cross following a corner.
  93. 17' Corner, Benin. Conceded by Cristian Romero.
  94. 15' Attempt missed. Rodrigo De Paul (Argentina) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Julián Alvarez.
  95. 14' Offside, Argentina. Nicolás Otamendi is caught offside.
  96. 12' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  97. 11' Delay in match (Argentina).
  98. 7' Attempt saved. Enzo Fernández (Argentina) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Marcel Dandjinou (Benin). Assisted by Nicolás Tagliafico.
  99. 7' Attempt saved. Lionel Messi (Argentina) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Marcel Dandjinou (Benin). Assisted by Rodrigo De Paul.
  100. 5' Attempt blocked. Junior Olaïtan (Benin) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  101. 5' Attempt blocked. Yohan Roche (Benin) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Tijani.
  102. 5' Foul by Rodrigo De Paul (Argentina).
  103. 5' Sessi D'Almeida (Benin) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  104. 4' Foul by Cristian Romero (Argentina).
  105. 4' Yohan Roche (Benin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  106. 3' Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Imourane Hassane.
  107. 2' Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Sessi D'Almeida.
  108. 1' Foul by Rodolfo Aloko (Benin).
  109. 1' Nicolás Otamendi (Argentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  110. First Half begins.
  111. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

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