This Sunday at 16:00 Argentina faced Qatar for the second time in its history: the first occurred on November 16, 2005, at Al Saad Stadium in Doha.In the only antecedent of this crossing, the team won 3-0 and the were turned into a flurry three minutes. It was Juan Román Riquelme who at 25′ of the complement opened the marker; he was supported by Julio Ricardo Cruz at 26′ and completed by Roberto Ayala at 27′.
Also from that meeting was a 18-year-old Lionel Messi, one of the 5 players on that roster that is still active. The rest are Maxi Rodríguez (Newell’s Old Boys), Fabricio Coloccini (San Lorenzo), “Lucho” González (Atlético Paranaense) and Carlos Tevez (Boca Juniors). Sheet
Qatar 0 – Argentina 3Qatar formation: Mohamed Sagr; Abdullah Obaid Koni, Ibrahim Al Ghanim, Riski, Saad Al Shammari; Omar, Ali Nasser Saleh, Fartoos, Abdulrahman; Yaseer and Ali Basher. Technical Director: Dzemaludin MusovicFormation of Argentina: Roberto Abbondanzieri, Martín Demichelis, Walter Samuel, Roberto Ayala, Juan Pablo Sorín, Juan Román Riquelme, Sebastián Battaglia, Maximiliano Rodríguez, Javier Saviola, Lionel Messi and Daniel Daniel Bilos.Technical Director: José PékermanGoles: Roberto Ayala, Juan Román Riquelme and Julio Ricardo Cruz.Changes of Argentina: Fabricio Coloccini by Martín Demichelis, Luis González by Daniel Bilos, Julio Ricardo Cruz by Javier Saviola, Carlos Tévez by Lionel Messi and Gabriel Milito by Walter Samuel. Qatar changes: Yunes Ali by Ghanim, Adel Lami by Nasser and Meshal by Basher. Referee: Saad Kameel Stadium: Al Saad (Doha, Qatar)
