< Argentina 1-0 (1-0)  Full time Nigeria > Head-to-head Group B Statistics Ticker 84:49 Burdisso in, Di María out 78:40 D. Milito in, Higuaín out 76:18 Yellow Haruna, rough play 74:08 Uche in, Taiwo out 73:32 M. Rodríguez in, Verón out 59:31 Odemwingie in, Obasi out 51:55 Martins in, Obinna out 40:36 Yellow Gutiérrez, tackle 5:46 GOAL 1-0 Heinze (header), assist Verón » more ARG Statistics NGA 1 Score 0 0 Penalty kicks 0 1 Yellow cards 1 0 Red cards 0 10 Corner kicks 4 0 Offsides 0 7 Fouls committed 8 8 Fouls against 7 8 Free kicks 7 11 Shots on target 3 8 Shots wide 8 21 Scoring Opportunity 11 0 Hits bar 0 0 Hits post 0 0 Hits woodwork 0 0 Line saves by player 0 1 Saves by goalkeeper 6 85% Pass complete total 71% 50% Total duels won by player 50% 28 Ball in play (minutes) 17 62% Ball possession 38% Date: Sat 12 Jun, 16:00 City: Johannesburg Stadium: Ellis Park Stadium Referee: Wolfgang Stark (GER) Spectators: 55686 Weather: Clear ARG Goals & Cards NGA Heinze (Verón) 6' 1-0   Gutiérrez (Tackle) 41'     Haruna (Rough play) 77' ARG Line-ups NGA G 22 Romero Sergio Romero D 17 Gutiérrez Jonás Gutiérrez D 2 Demichelis Martín Demichelis D 13 Samuel Walter Samuel D 6 Heinze Gabriel Heinze M 8 Verón Juan Sebastián Verón 74' M 14 Mascherano (C) Javier Mascherano (C) M 10 Messi Lionel Messi M 7 Di María Ángel Di María 85' F 11 Tévez Carlos Tévez F 9 Higuaín Gonzalo Higuaín 79'   Substitutes M 20 M. Rodríguez (Verón) Maxi Rodríguez (Verón) 74' D 4 Burdisso (Di María) Nicolás Burdisso (Di María) 85' F 19 D. Milito (Higuaín) Diego Milito (Higuaín) 79'   1 Pozo Diego Pozo   3 C. Rodríguez Clemente Rodríguez   5 Bolatti Mario Bolatti   12 Garcé Ariel Garcé   15 Otamendi Nicolás Otamendi   16 Agüero Sergio Agüero   18 Palermo Martín Palermo   21 Andújar Mariano Gonzalo Andújar   23 Pastore Javier Pastore   Coach     Maradona Diego Maradona G 1 Enyeama (Man of the match) Vincent Enyeama (Man of the match) D 17 Odiah Chidi Odiah D 2 Yobo (C) Joseph Yobo (C) D 6 Shittu Danny Shittu D 3 Taiwo Taye Taiwo 75' M 14 Kaita Sani Kaita M 20 Etuhu Dickson Etuhu M 15 Haruna Lukman Haruna F 18 Obinna Obinna 52' F 8 Aiyegbeni Yakubu Aiyegbeni F 19 Obasi Chinedu Obasi 60'   Substitutes M 12 Uche (Taiwo) Kalu Uche (Taiwo) 75' F 9 Martins (Obinna) Obafemi Martins (Obinna) 52' F 11 Odemwingie (Obasi) Peter Odemwingie (Obasi) 60'   4 Kanu Nwankwo Kanu   5 Afolabi Rabiu Afolabi   7 Utaka John Utaka   10 Brown Ideye Brown   13 Yussuf Ayila Yussuf   16 Ejide Austin Ejide   21 Echiejile Uwa Echiejile   22 Adeleye Dele Adeleye   23 Aiyenugba Dele Aiyenugba   Coach     Lagerbäck Lars Lagerbäck (SWE) Statistics   Rating Passes Duels Chances G Romero 7.0 17/29 1/1 0 D Gutiérrez 6.5 47/52 4/8 0 D Demichelis 6.5 44/49 3/7 0 D Samuel 7.0 22/26 4/6 2 D Heinze 7.0 45/55 4/8 1 M Verón 7.0 55/66 4/6 2 M Mascherano 7.0 55/63 12/18 0 M Messi 7.5 70/78 9/15 10 M Di María 6.0 18/24 1/4 1 F Tévez 7.0 47/50 1/11 1 F Higuaín 6.5 25/31 6/10 4 M M. Rodríguez 14/14 0/4 0 D Burdisso 7/8 1/2 0 F D. Milito 6/8 0 0 Rating Passes Duels Chances G Enyeama 8.0 4/18 0 0 D Odiah 6.5 39/46 2/6 0 D Yobo 7.5 11/16 4/5 0 D Shittu 6.5 10/16 2/3 0 D Taiwo 7.0 18/30 5/8 2 M Kaita 6.5 19/27 3/5 2 M Etuhu 7.0 21/29 2/7 0 M Haruna 7.0 34/44 7/11 1 F Obinna 5.5 14/18 4/11 0 F Aiyegbeni 7.0 18/27 12/21 1 F Obasi 6.5 15/19 6/9 3 M Uche 6/8 2/7 1 F Martins 7.0 5/6 0/2 1 F Odemwingie 6.0 8/11 1/5 0 Passing: Passes complete/Total passes Duels: Duels won/Total duels Chances: Scoring opportunities   Officials Ref. Wolfgang Stark (GER) LM Jan-Hendrik Salver (GER) LM Mike Pickel (GER) 4 Off. Khalil Al Ghamdi (KSA) Legend Goal   Penalty Own goal   Penalty missed Yellow card   Red (2x yellow) Player out   Red card Player in   Penalty scored (penalty shootout)     Penalty missed (penalty shootout)