Ireland		Argentina
Ireland-2	Tactics	532 24
48%	Possession	52%
56%	Play in the half	44%
5	Shots	12
4	Fouls	6
1	Yellow cards	1
0	Red cards	0
2	Offsides	6
76.8	average mark	79.6
outstanding	Shooting	outstanding
outstanding	Passing	incredible
incredible	Defending	magical

1 minute.
MacGilvernock approaches the ball. MacGilvernock makes a one-touch pass. Deegan plays the ball through. Giesso just manages to reach the ball first. Giesso has a fantastic effort at goal. The keeper drops the ball. Butter-fingers!

6 minute.
Pagés passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Giesso just manages to reach the ball first. Forster fouls. Forster is cautioned.

8 minute.
Bouchard just manages to reach the ball first. De Mange trips an opponent. That`s a foul! Bouchard was harmed in the clash. Petronacci is likely to centre the ball towards the box, he takes a short run-up. Giesso rises up and heads the ball. Jones makes a tremendous dive, but misses the ball.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Ireland - Argentina 0:1

11 minute.
Lawrie plays the ball off with his head. Reynolds approaches the ball. Wark-Meister tripped the opponent on purpose. Wark-Meister is cautioned. Reynolds was hurt. He`s crying with pain! Reynolds is likely to centre the ball towards the box, he takes a short run-up. Duddy gets his head on it.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!! It`s a close game - a draw!
Ireland - Argentina 1:1

23 minute.
Giesso plays the ball off with his head. Bouchard just manages to reach the ball first. De Mange just manages to reach the ball first. Bouchard cleverly intercepts the pass. Bouchard takes a swing and hits it... The keeper drops the ball. Butter-fingers!

24 minute.
Yeats wins the ball from behind. Yeats centers. Vella makes a sublime pass. Petronacci centers. Giesso gets his head on it. Jones miraculously changed the ball`s trajectory.

35 minute.
De Mange just manages to reach the ball first. Vella cleverly intercepts the pass. Vella makes a sublime pass. Bouchard just manages to reach the ball first. Bouchard has a fantastic effort at goal. The keeper makes a terrible mistake, losing an easy ball.

42 minute.
Wark-Meister makes an instep pass. Pagés makes a sublime pass. Bouchard just manages to reach the ball first. Bouchard takes a swing and hits it... Jones makes a tremendous dive, but misses the ball.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Ireland - Argentina 1:2

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: Ireland 59%, Argentina 41%.
Ireland - Argentina 1:2

46 minute.
Banker comes on to the pitch.

50 minute.
Here comes De Mange, having a little trouble catching the ball. Pagés wins the ball from behind. Pagés makes an instep pass. Bouchard just manages to reach the ball first. Bouchard has a fantastic effort at goal. The ball hits the bar. Deegan plays the ball off with his head. Petronacci approaches the ball. Giesso takes over possession. Giesso has a fantastic effort at goal. The ball dips, but not enough, it clips the bar.

57 minute.
Yeats plays the ball through. MacGilvernock has problems with catching the ball. MacGilvernock lobs the ball high into the air. Duddy approaches the ball. Duddy takes a swing and hits it... The keeper drops the ball. Butter-fingers!

60 minute.
Duddy takes the ball on, but the ref holds up the play - offside. Cohen comes on to the pitch.

66 minute.
Bouchard makes a one-touch pass. Here comes Petronacci, having a little trouble catching the ball. Petronacci makes an instep pass. Giesso approaches the ball. Giesso takes a swing and hits it... The keeper drops the ball. Butter-fingers!

80 minute.
Giesso takes over possession. Forster trips an opponent. That`s a foul! The harmed player, Giesso, quickly gets on his feet. He looks OK! Germi comes on to the pitch. The distance from the goal is not that far. Cohen takes a run-up, and takes a cracking free-kick.
It was close.

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: Ireland 53%, Argentina 47%.
Ireland - Argentina 1:2