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Argentina Saturday, 16. June 2018
14:00 Clock 		Iceland
1:1
goals
1 : 0 Sergio Agüero 19. / left-footed shot  (Marcos Rojo)
1 : 1 Alfreð Finnbogason 23. / right-footed shot

Incidents
Lionel Messi misses a penalty kick (64' )

23 Willy Caballero
3 Nico Tagliafico
16 Marcos Rojo
17 Nicolás Otamendi
5 Lucas Biglia 54'
11 Ángel Di María 75'
13 Maximiliano Meza 84'
14 Javier Mascherano
18 Eduardo Salvio
10 Lionel Messi
19 Sergio Agüero
Substitutes
7 Éver Banega 54'
9 Gonzalo Higuaín 84'
22 Cristian Pavón 75'
1 Nahuel Guzmán
12 Franco Armani
2 Gabriel Mercado
4 Cristian Ansaldi
6 Federico Fazio
8 Marcos Acuña
15 Enzo Pérez
20 Giovani Lo Celso
21 Paulo Dybala
1 Hannes Halldórsson
2 Birkir Sævarsson
6 Ragnar Sigurðsson
14 Kári Árnason
18 Hörður Magnússon
7 Jóhann Guðmundsson 63'
8 Birkir Bjarnason
10 Gylfi Sigurðsson
17 Aron Gunnarsson 76'
20 Emil Hallfreðsson
11 Alfreð Finnbogason 89'
Substitutes
23 Ari Skúlason 76'
19 Rúrik Gíslason 63'
9 Björn Sigurðarson 89'
12 Frederik Schram
13 Alex Rúnarsson
3 Samúel Friðjónsson
5 Sverrir Ingason
15 Hólmar Eyjólfsson
16 Ólafur Skúlason
21 Arnór Traustason
4 Albert Guðmundsson
22 Jón Böðvarsson

Manager: Jorge Sampaoli

Manager: Heimir Hallgrímsson


Otkrytie Arena (Moskva / Russia)
44.190
Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)
Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland)

Reports

Iceland's battling 1-1 draw against Argentina in their first-ever World Cup match was a "schoolbook" example of how to keep Lionel Messi quiet, the coach of the Nordic minnows said Sunday....
Lionel Messi fluffed his World Cup lines on Saturday, missing a penalty as Iceland held Argentina to a 1-1 draw after France benefited from the first use of the Video Assistant Referee system in tournament history to grind out a victory over Australia....
Iceland goalkeeper Hannes Halldorsson revealed Saturday how he worked on psyching out Argentine superstar Lionel Messi to make a penalty save that sealed a 1-1 draw with the footballing superpower....
Argentina were held to a draw by World Cup debutants Iceland Saturday, with Lionel Messi blowing a gilt-edged opportunity for victory when he missed a penalty....
Lionel Messi's bid for World Cup redemption begins Saturday when he leads Argentina against an unfancied Iceland side intent on springing a surprise in their first appearance on football's biggest stage....
Coach Jorge Sampaoli was bullish on the eve of Argentina's World Cup opener against Iceland, confident his troubled side will prove themselves and downplaying "genius" Lionel Messi's threats to quit international football....
Lionel Messi's Argentina will underestimate Iceland at their peril, coach Heimir Hallgrimsson warned on Friday, saying the minnows are ready to spring another surprise in Russia....
Lionel Messi's Argentina aim to put a shambolic World Cup build-up behind them and make a statement in their opening match against tournament debutants Iceland on Saturday....
World Cup debutants Iceland are ready for the "game of their lives" against Argentina in their Group D opening clash on Saturday, said midfielder Rurik Gislason Thursday....