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International Friendly
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Attendance: 61,738
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gashead eric
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Wales
1 Paul Jones
2 Mark Delaney
3 Gary Speed
4 Andrew Melville
5 Robert Page
6 Mark Pembridge
7 Robbie Savage
8 Craig Bellamy
9 John Hartson
10 Simon Davies
11 Ryan Giggs
12 John Robinson
13 Unknown
14 Darren Barnard
15 Carl Robinson
16 Paul Trollope
17 Christian Edwards
18 Simon Haworth
19 Danny Gabbidon
20 Unknown
21 Mark Crossley
22 Unknown
Argentina
1 Sebastain Saja
2 Jose Charmot
3 Juan Pablo
4 Nelson Vivas
5 Claudio Hussain
6 Diego Placente
7 Claudio Caniggia
8 Juan Roman
9 Julio Cruz
10 Unknown
11 Juan Veron
12 Roberto Bonano
13 Unknown
14 Federico Dominguez
15 Esteban Cambiasso
16 Pablo Aimar
17 Luciano Galletti
18 Cristian Gonzalez
19 Facundo QUiroga
20 Javier Saviola
21 Santiago Solari
22 Unknown
Substitutions
Mark Crossley Paul Jones 45
John Robinson Ryan Giggs 60
Carl Robinson Robbie Savage 90
On Off Minute
Pablo Aimar Juan Roman 73
Javier Saviola Julio Cruz 73
Luciano Galletti Claudio Caniggia 90
Goals
Wales
Craig Bellamy 34
Argentina
Julio Cruz 62
Officials
Referee: Paul McKeon (Rep. of Ireland)
Assistant referee 1: Eddie Foley (Rep of Ireland)
Assistant referee 2: Joseph O''Brien (Rep of Ireland)
4th official: Phillip Bates (Wales)
Other information
Attendance: 61,738
Report: Wales gained a deserved 1-1 draw against highly-fancied visitors Argentina.
With Manchester United''s Juan Veron running the game, the Argentinians often threatened to unlock the Welsh defence but the hosts held on to secure a magnificent draw.
The South Americans went close on several occasions in the early stages particularly when keeper Paul Jones made a series of stops in an 18th minute goalmouth scramble.
Wales absorbed the pressure, and amazingly took the lead in the 34th minute. The scorer was Craig Bellamy, who headed home a long Ryan Giggs cross at the far post.
The breakthrough worked wonders for Welsh morale, and they began to push the ball around with increasing confidence.
In first-half injury time, Bellamy and Simon Davies combined to set up John Hartson, but his speculative volley from just outside the area sailed well wide.
Argentina stepped up the pace after the break. Veron almost equalised in the 49th minute, when his left-wing corner hit the angle of the bar and far post.
Six minutes later, the Manchester United playmaker produced an exquisite one-two with Juan Roman Riquelme, before striding through the Welsh defence and firing just wide.
As the pressure mounted, a great pass by Veron set up Julio Cruz and he easily beat Mark Crossley with a low right-footed shot into the bottom corner of the net from just inside the area after 62 minutes.
However, Wales refused to lie down. With three minutes left, Hartson''s knock-down from a free-kick was seized on by Davies, who set up Bellamy. However, the winger''s angled drive from the left hit the side-netting and Argentina escaped with a draw.
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Shakin Pyramid
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JonBob
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amphy
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Craig Bellamy give Wales the lead but an equaliser from substitute Julio Cruz made it a draw
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