Argentina 0 - 1 Japan

A new international friendly has recently experienced, and he was again defeated in a coach who always promises too much, but for shortcomings at the individual level can not be secure as a team, play in the collective and not highlight the simple spontaneous enlightenment and players.

The Argentine team was defeated by Japan in a match that seemed to die in a tie, the lack of ideas from both teams, with the main axes of both attacks Keisuke Honda , and on the other side regained the ability of Lionel Messi .

The FC Barcelona star was showcased together with some medium-range shots and it worked as a creative kind of dangerous moves, but his partner in attack Carlos Tevez did not have good appearances, and there was no reference in the middle of the penalty area, and that Diego Milito did not have the expected level, and his replacement Gonzalo Higuain failed to demonstrate the effectiveness it had on the set merengue.

As if this were not enough, the goalkeeper Sergio Romero continued to decline in their level, giving a lot of rebounds which even resulted in the only goal of the game, turned the game 18 minutes Shinij Okazaki, closing the match and getting the first Japan team's victory in the history between the teams.

Lineups:

Argentina: Sergio Romero, Nicolas Burdisso, Martin Demichelis, Gabriel Milito, Gabriel Heinze, Andres D'Alessandro, Javier Mascherano, Esteban Cambiasso, Lionel Messi, Diego Milito and Carlos Tevez

Japan: Eiji Kawashima, Atsuto Uchida, Yuzo Kurihara, Masahiko Inohara, Yuto Nagatomo, Makoto Hasebe, Yuki Abe, Yasuhito Endo, Keisuke Honda, Takayuki Morimoto and Shinji Kagawa. Head Coach: Alberto Zaccheroni.