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ARGENTINA 0-1 AUSTRALIA

50 YELLOW CARD

Australia ace Metcalfe is the next player to be cautioned for a tackle from behind on Barco

ARGENTINA 0-1 AUSTRALIA

48 YELLOW CARD

Australia ace Atkinson gets booked for a rough challenge on Medina

ARGENTINA 0-1 AUSTRALIA

46 SUBSTITUTION

Argentina manager Batista has made a change following a rather difficult first half that sees his team playing with 10 players.

And thus, Ponce has replaced Valenzuela

PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

AND OFF WE GO AGAIN IN SAPPORO!!!!!

STATS

Argentina dominated 60 per cent of possession but are still behind at half-time.

The Albiceleste produced a whopping total of six shots but only one of them was on target.

Australia, on the other hand, registered two shots, both of which were on target.

Argentina were better in the first half but are set for a much tougher second half as they will be playing with 10 men following Francisco Ortega’s red card

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Australia lead against Argentina at the Sapporo Dome following an exciting first half.

The Socceroos opened the scoring after 14 minutes when Joel King set Lachlan Wales in front of Jeremias Ledesma with a crisp cross from the left flank and the centre-forward didn’t miss.

The Aussies came close to a second when Riley McGree produced an astonishing overhead kick inside the box but was denied by Ledesma on 28 minutes.

Argentina responded in the 34th minute with a stunning curling shot by Esequiel Barco down the left flank that rattled Thomas Glover’s crossbar.

Australia then came excruciatingly close to a second goal as King set Wales up again in front of Ledesma and the latter’s shot rattled the post – wouldn’t have mattered though as the former was caught offside in the build-up after 43 minutes.

Things got worse for the Albiceleste in the second minute of stoppage time when Francisco Ortega was sent off with a second yellow card within a few seconds for what the referee deemed to be aggressive marking on McGree

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