Argentina 1-0 Iran · World Cup 2026
Argentina beat Iran 1-0 in the World Cup 2026. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Argentina and Iran met in the World Cup 2026 at Estadio Mâs Monumental in Buenos Aires on Saturday, 21 June 2014.
Goalscorers
Argentina: L. Messi 90'. Iran did not score.
How the match went
The referee showed 2 yellow cards (0 for Argentina, 2 for Iran).
Line-ups
Argentina started in a 4-2-2-2: Sergio Romero, Pablo Zabaleta, Federico Fernández, Ezequiel Garay, Marcos Rojo, Fernando Gago, Javier Mascherano, Lionel Messi, Ángel Di María, Gonzalo Higuaín, Sergio Agüero.
Iran started in a 4-1-4-1: Alireza Haghighi, Pejman Montazeri, Seyed Jalal Hosseini, Amir Hossein Sadeghi, Mehrdad Pooladi, Javad Nekounam, Masoud Shojaei, Andranik Teymourian, Ehsan Hajsafi, Ashkan Dejagah, Reza Ghoochannejhad.
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Minute by minute
- 45'Half-time. Argentina 0-0 Iran.
- 90+1'Goal! Argentina 1-0 Iran. L. Messi (Argentina) scores, assisted by E. Lavezzi.
- 90'Full-time. Argentina 1-0 Iran.
Full commentary (15 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Argentina vs Iran.
- 45'2 minutes of added time.
- 45'Half-time. Argentina 0-0 Iran.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 53'Yellow card for J. Nekounam (Iran) for foul.
- 72'Yellow card for M. Shojaei (Iran) for foul.
- 77'Substitution, Argentina: R. Palacio comes on for G. Higuaín.
- 77'Substitution, Argentina: E. Lavezzi comes on for S. Agüero.
- 77'Substitution, Iran: K. Heydari comes on for M. Shojaei.
- 85'Substitution, Iran: A. Jahanbakhsh comes on for A. Dejagah.
- 88'Substitution, Iran: R. Haghighi comes on for E. Hajsafi.
- 90'4 minutes of added time.
- 90+1'Goal! Argentina 1-0 Iran. L. Messi (Argentina) scores, assisted by E. Lavezzi.
- 90+4'Substitution, Argentina: L. Biglia comes on for Á. Di María.
- 90'Full-time. Argentina 1-0 Iran.