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2008 Olympic Men's Soccer, Semifinals
Argentina
3
Winner Icon Argentina
Brazil
0
Sergio Agüero
(53', 58')
Juan Román Riquelme
(76' Pen)
Lucas Leiva
(81')
Augusto Thiago Neves
(84')
Summary
Statistics
Line-Ups
Match Formations
ARG
BRA
No.
Name
18
Sergio Romero
2
Ezequiel Garay
3
Fabián Monzón
4
Pablo Zabaleta
12
Nico Pareja
5
Fernando Gago
10
Juan Román Riquelme
7
Jose Ernesto Sosa
11
Ángel Di María
14
Javier Mascherano
15
Lionel Messi
16
Sergio Agüero
Substitutes
22
Nicolas Castro Navarro
6
Federico Fazio
8
Éver Banega
9
Ezequiel Lavezzi
13
Lautaro Acosta
17
Diego Rende Mario Buonanotte
Game Information
Beijing Workers' Stadium
9:00 AM, August 19, 2008
Attendance: 52,968
Referees:
Martin Vazquez Broquetas
Match Timeline
Argentina
Brazil
KO
HT
53
58
61
71
76
FT
90
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