Game is over and the final score is Argentina 2-0 Italy. Here is the match report.
Match Events
17' SAVE! Fine stop from Buffon
33' Messi and Aguero show up on the bench
48' CHANCE! Insigne's shot wide out
75' GOAL! Argentina 1-0 Italy (Banega)
Argentina take a 1-0 lead thanks to Ever Banega.
Giovani Lo Celso instrumental with a fine assist.
85' GOAL! Argentina 2-0 Italy (Lanzini)
It's now 2-0 in Manchester as Manuel Lanzini scores for Argentina.
Gonzalo Higuain with an assist there.
Line-ups
Argentina XI: Caballero, N. Tagliafico, F.Fazio, Otamendi, F. Bustos, Paredes, Biglia, Di María, Lo Celso, M.Lanzini, Higuaín
Subs: Romero, Guzmán, Mercado, Rojo, Acuña, Mascherano, P. Pérez, Banega, Messi, Correa, C. Pavón, Lautaro Martínez, Perotti
Italy XI: Buffon, De Sciglio, Rugani, Bonucci, Verratti, Jorginho, Parolo, Florenzi, Insigne, Immobile, Chiesa
Subs: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Perin, Ferrari, Darmian, Ogbonna, Spinazzola, Zappacosta, Candreva, Bonaventura, L.Pellegrini, Gagliardini, Cristante, Belotti, Verdi, Cutrone
apex_pavan100
193
Italy lost their confidence and intensity in game an Awful miss from Insigne they lost their defending type of game Disappointed seeing Messi on bench Argentina were really better Team since 1st half they slightly lost their game with some poor passes but it's acceptable coz lack of experience in Internationals from players if Argentina learn from their mistakes they would go Russia with huge expectations and one of The Contenders to win tittle Messi for the #Worldcup #roadtorussia
ashraf10
141
Argentina can win without messi
wouacnpsu
74
now this is the Argentina that made it to the finals😎💪
saha4real
65
The squad is a big one and anything can happen without Messi, but imagine he was in that match it would have been more goals, I think Italy should take a break off football for a while and re+access themselves a lot has fallen off and they are way back in form than before, Maybe they are still mourning Astori
Faoson
58
Ronaldo: I want to meet Argentina at worldcup final Messi: Okay, please go through the group stage first
Abdik
29
Great game, Argentina needed something special to beat Buffon and they gave exactly that, two beautiful goals. Well played Argentina, Messi is proud