France vs Argentina Highlights: International Friendly Highlights

Posted on February 11, 2009
Filed Under Internationals

Diego Maradona maintained his unbeaten run as Argentina coach thanks to goals by Jonas Gutierrez and Lionel Messi in a high profile friendly against France in Marseille.

Newcastle midfielder Gutierrez dragged a low shot home at the near post in the 41st-minute to put the Albicelestes ahead and the in-form Messi added gloss with a superb second seven minutes from time.

The result means Maradona has two wins from two matches as his country’s new coach, his first coming against Scotland in November, and he will hope his team can carry their form into their crucial World Cup qualifiers coming up.

France may count themselves unlucky to have got nothing from a high-quality and often prickly match, which was friendly in name but not in nature.

Les Bleus created a number of decent chances in the first half, winger Franck Ribery missing the best of them, but the twinkling feet of Messi constantly troubled them.

Highlights:

France 0-1 Argentina

France 0-2 Argentina

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