Argentina 5-0 Zambia Highlights, International Friendly: La Albiceleste Rout ZAM In A One-Sided Affair

Hello, football fans! This is the start of our live blog covering Argentina's friendly match against Zambia in Buenos Aires. Stay tuned for pre-match updates and line-ups as they are released.

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The first half has started with both teams approaching it cautiously rather than going in focusing on immediate chances.

Goaaalll! Lionel Messi passes to the Julian Alvarez, who fires it into the bottom left corner of the post from inside the D. Argentina gets one goal lead at the start of the game.

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26-year old Julian Alvarez is an Argentinian and Atletico Madrid's forward. He has played for Argentina at various youth levels such as 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup and 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament. Since making his debut for the senior team, he played for the squads that won the 2021 Copa América, the 2022 Finalissima, the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and the 2024 Copa América.

Lionel Messi tries to thread a pass to a teammate, but overhits it, squandering the opportunity. The ball goes out of play, and Zambia are awarded a goal kick.

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Goaaalll! Lionel Messi strikes to double Argentina's lead.

It was superb finish from Messi as he gets a brilliant through ball from Alexis Max Allister and he reacts quickly to fire a close range shot into the bottom right corner.

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That's the half time whistle and both set of players are heading back to their respective locker rooms for the break. ARG score just before the break to double their advantage.

ARG 2-0 ZAM

Both set of players are back in the field for the final half of the match. Zambia will be desperate to cut the two goal deficit, while Argentina would want to increase the gap further.

Goal! Nicolas Otamendi converts a penalty, with Willard Mwanza getting a touch but unable to prevent the ball from soaring into the bottom left corner.

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Things are getting worse for Zambia as Dominic Chanda beats his own goalkeeper to widen the gap between them and Argentina even further.

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Valentin Barco (Argentina) collects a sweet pass and fires a shot inside the right post. What a brilliant shot! Argentina asserts their dominance over Zambia as they thrash ZAM by 5-0 in a one-sided affair.

ARG 5-0 ZAM