Millennium Stadium Wednesday, February 13th, 2002   International Attendance: 61,738         Wales 1-1 Argentina
2001 /02

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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.