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Argentina 2-0 Bulgaria - March 10, 1998 / Friendlies 1998

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Friendlies 1998 - Intercontinental

Estádio Velez Sarsfield - Buenos Aires - Argentina

March 10, 1998

21 291

2 - 0

Bulgaria

Gabriel Batistuta

36'

Claudio López

86'

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36' - Goal Gabriel Batistuta36

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46' - Substitution Marcelo Gallardois substituted by Sergio Berti46

46' - Substitution Hristo Stoichkovis substituted by Emil Kostadinov photo Yordan Lechkov

46' - Substitution Svetoslav Todorovis substituted by Yordan Lechkov

65' - Substitution Gabriel Batistutais substituted by Marcelo Delgado65

73' - Red card Emil Kostadinov

77' - Substitution Roberto Ayalais substituted by Eduardo Berizzo77

85' - Substitution Marian Hristovis substituted by Hristo Yovov

86' - Goal Claudio López86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Argentina

2 - 0

Bulgaria

Argentina Bulgaria

Team line-ups

Argentina

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

López86

Claudio López

Argentina

B.date17/07/1974

Age23 years

H1m78

positionForward

Batistuta3665

Gabriel Batistuta

Argentina

B.date01/02/1969

Age29 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Gallardo46

Marcelo Gallardo

Argentina

B.date18/01/1976

Age22 years

H1m70

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Cardoso

Rodolfo Cardoso

Argentina

B.date17/10/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionOffensive Midfielder

Verón

Juan Sebastián Verón

Argentina

B.date09/03/1975

Age23 years

H1m82

positionCentre Midfield

Zapata

Gustavo Zapata

Argentina

B.date15/10/1967

Age30 years

H1m87

positionDefensive Midfielder

Pineda

Mauricio Pineda

Argentina

B.date13/07/1975

Age22 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

Chamot

José Chamot

Argentina

B.date17/05/1969

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Ayala77

Roberto Ayala

Argentina

B.date12/04/1973

Age24 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

Lombardi

Gustavo Lombardi

Argentina

B.date10/09/1975

Age22 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Cavallero

Pablo Cavallero

Argentina

B.date13/04/1974

Age23 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pablo Cavallero		23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roberto Ayala	77	24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	José Chamot		28	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gustavo Lombardi		22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mauricio Pineda		22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gustavo Zapata		30	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Juan Sebastián Verón		23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marcelo Gallardo	46	22	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Rodolfo Cardoso		29	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gabriel Batistuta	3665	29	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Claudio López	86	23	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Bulgaria

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Yordanov

Ivaylo Yordanov

Bulgaria

B.date22/04/1968

Age29 years

H1m79

positionStriker

Penev

Lyuboslav Penev

Bulgaria

B.date31/08/1966

Age31 years

H1m87

positionStriker

Todorov46

Svetoslav Todorov

Bulgaria

B.date30/08/1978

Age19 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Stoichkov46

Hristo Stoichkov

Bulgaria

B.date08/02/1966

Age32 years

H1m78

positionSecond striker

Balakov

Krasimir Balakov

Bulgaria

B.date29/03/1966

Age31 years

H1m76

positionLeft central midfielder

Hristov85

Marian Hristov

Bulgaria

B.date29/07/1973

Age24 years

H1m92

positionVersatile Midfielder

Gruev

Ilia Gruev

Bulgaria

B.date30/10/1969

Age28 years

H1m79

positionMidfield

Petkov

Ivaylo Petkov

Bulgaria

B.date24/03/1976

Age21 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Yankov

Zlatko Yankov

Bulgaria

B.date07/06/1966

Age31 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Kishishev

Radostin Kishishev

Bulgaria

B.date30/07/1974

Age23 years

H1m79

positionRight central defender

Zdravkov

Zdravko Zdravkov

Bulgaria

B.date04/10/1970

Age27 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Zdravko Zdravkov		27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ivaylo Petkov		21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Radostin Kishishev		23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Zlatko Yankov		31	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marian Hristov	85	24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Krasimir Balakov		31	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ilia Gruev		28	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hristo Stoichkov	46	32	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Svetoslav Todorov	46	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Lyuboslav Penev		31	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ivaylo Yordanov		29	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Eduardo Berizzo	77	28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sergio Berti	46	28	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcelo Delgado	65	24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Yordan Lechkov	46	30	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emil Kostadinov	4673	30	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Hristo Yovov	85	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Claudio López

Hernán Crespo

OUT

Pablo Cavallero

Germán Burgos

OUT

Gustavo Zapata

Diego Simeone

OUT

Gabriel Batistuta

Ariel Ortega

OUT

Gustavo Lombardi

Hernán Edgardo Díaz

OUT

Mauricio Pineda

Eduardo Berizzo

OUT

Rodolfo Cardoso

Leonardo Astrada

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Daniel Passarella

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Passarella vs Bulgaria

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 10, 1998

Passarella vs Bonev

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 10, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Hristo Bonev

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Bonev vs Argentina

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 10, 1998

Bonev vs Passarella

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 10, 1998

Referee

Gustavo Méndez

4 victories	0 draw	2 losses	Argentina6 matches	General total	Bulgaria1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Argentina2 matches	Season total	Bulgaria1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 08, 2005					Latest figure on March 10, 1998

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Key figures

It's the first time Gabriel Batistuta scores a goal in his professional career with since the 15/12/1996 (with vs )

It's the first time Gabriel Batistuta scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Argentina keeps its 8 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 06/07/1997). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 14/02/1995-11/07/1995 time period (8 matches).

Read the next 33 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArgentina 2-0 Peru08/06/1997

VArgentina 2-0 Venezuela20/07/1997

DArgentina 0-0 Uruguay12/10/1997

DArgentina 1-1 Colombia16/11/1997

VArgentina 2-1 Romania B19/02/1998

VArgentina 3-1 Serbia and Montenegro24/02/1998

Overall

VArgentina 2-0 Venezuela20/07/1997

VChile 1-2 Argentina10/09/1997

DArgentina 0-0 Uruguay12/10/1997

DArgentina 1-1 Colombia16/11/1997

VArgentina 2-1 Romania B19/02/1998

VArgentina 3-1 Serbia and Montenegro24/02/1998

Current form

Away

VLuxembourg 1-2 Bulgaria08/10/1996

LSaudi Arabia 1-0 Bulgaria06/11/1996

VThailand 0-4 Bulgaria08/11/1996

VCyprus 1-3 Bulgaria14/12/1996

LRussia 4-2 Bulgaria11/10/1997

D 1-1 Bulgaria23/12/1997

Overall

VBulgaria 4-1 Cyprus02/04/1997

VBulgaria 4-0 Luxembourg08/06/1997

VBulgaria 1-0 Israel20/08/1997

VBulgaria 1-0 Russia10/09/1997

LRussia 4-2 Bulgaria11/10/1997

D 1-1 Bulgaria23/12/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	7	7
Drawless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	3	3
Conceding streak	3	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	4	6
Conceding streak	3	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	0
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
2	Victories (Competition total)	0
2	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
2-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Hernán Crespo	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Hernán Crespo	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Hernán Crespo	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	-
Hernán Crespo	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Hernán Crespo	3 goals during the last match	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

5 v

0 d

0 l

13 gf

4 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

8 matches

7 v

0 d

1 l

16 gf

6 ga

Historical head to head

Away

5 matches

0 v

0 d

5 l

4 gf

13 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

8 matches

1 v

0 d

7 l

6 gf

16 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	February 14, 1995
Home	4 - 1	February 14, 1995

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	June 30, 1994
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

February 14, 1995 - Rencontres amicales 1995

Argentina

4 - 1

Bulgaria

June 30, 1994 - Coupe du Monde 1994

Argentina

0 - 2

Bulgaria

June 10, 1986 - Coupe du Monde 1986

Argentina

2 - 0

Bulgaria

May 05, 1982 - Rencontres amicales 1982

Argentina

2 - 1

Bulgaria

October 09, 1980 - Rencontres amicales 1980

Argentina

2 - 0

Bulgaria

Best historical scorers against Bulgaria

Marcelo Gallardo	2 goals	1995 - 1995
Sebastián Rambert	2 goals	1995 - 1995
Daniel Passarella	2 goals	1979 - 1982
Roberto Diaz	2 goals	1980 - 1982
Jorge Luis Burruchaga	1 goal	1986 - 1986
Hector Facundo	1 goal	1962 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/05/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Argentina

Nasko Sirakov	2 goals	1994 - 1995
Nikolai Grancharov	1 goal	1978 - 1978
Stoycho Mladenov	1 goal	1982 - 1982
Hristo Bonev	1 goal	1979 - 1979
Hristo Stoichkov	1 goal	1994 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/05/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bulgaria

Diego Armando Maradona	4 matches	1979 - 1986
Daniel Passarella	4 matches	1978 - 1982
Ubaldo Fillol	4 matches	1978 - 1982
Américo Gallego	4 matches	1978 - 1982
Jose Daniel Valencia	3 matches	1978 - 1982
Jorge Olguin	3 matches	1979 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/05/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Argentina

Andrey Zhelyazkov	3 matches	1978 - 1986
Nasko Sirakov	3 matches	1986 - 1995
Plamen Markov	2 matches	1978 - 1986
Nikolai Grancharov	2 matches	1978 - 1979
Ivan Ilchev	2 matches	1980 - 1982
Borislav Mihailov	2 matches	1986 - 1994