On this day 17 years ago, Argentina won 6-0 vs. Serbia and Montenegro at the 2006 World Cup.

The most impressive performance at the 2006 World Cup happened on June 16, 2006 as Argentina put on a football performance of a life time. In the second match of Group C, it was Jose Pekerman’s Argentina against Serbia and Montenegro.

A match which had a goal after 24 passes, a match which also had three goals from three substitutes and Lionel Messi’s first ever World Cup goal. The team for the day was the following:

Roberto Abbondanzieri
Nicolás Burdisso
Roberto Ayala
Gabriel Heinze
Juan Pablo Sorín
Javier Mascherano
Luis González
Juan Román Riquelme
Maxi Rodríguez
Javier Saviola
Hernán Crespo

The goal scorers were Maxi Rodríguez twice, Esteban Cambiasso, Hernán Crespo, Carlos Tevez and Lionel Messi.

Juan Román Riquelme had a passing accuracy of 99% against Serbia and Montenegro with Argentina at the World Cup. It’s the highest passing accuracy for players to record 100+ passes in a match. He completed 104 out of 105 passes.

🎯 On this day in 2006, Juan Román Riquelme had a passing accuracy of 99% against Serbia and Montenegro with Argentina at the World Cup. It’s the highest passing accuracy for players to record 100+ passes in a match (104/105 completed, since 1966).
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— Mundo Albiceleste ⭐🌟⭐🇦🇷 (@MundoAlbicelest) June 16, 2023

One goal and one assist in his World Cup debut. And as a substitute. Lionel Messi.pic.twitter.com/0dLUPZmV58

— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) June 16, 2023

Conflicting reports have come out about Marcelo Gallardo accepting Olympique Marseille’s offer to become their new coach.

Marcelo Gallardo has received an offer to coach Olympique Marseille, according to César Luis Merlo. An updated tweet also states that he has not yet accepted the offer and that he is back in Argentina.

A separate tweet by Le Phocéen states that Gallardo has agreed to become the new coach. No official statement has come out by either Marseille or Gallardo.

Argentina national team players sent messages to Alejandro Garnacho following his debut.

Alejandro Garnacho played his first match for the Argentina national team in their 2-0 win vs. Australia on Thursday and the 18 year old received messages from his team mates. Several of the players took to Instagram to show their support for the youngster.

Garnacho posted on his Instagram pictures of his debut with the caption “and if this is just a dream never wake me up. Beautiful”.

Rodrigo De Paul replied to Garnacho’s Instagram post writing “Vamos aleeee, congratulations”. Garnacho’s Manchester United team mate, Lisandro Martinez, is not with the team due to injury but also showed his support, leaving a message saying “it looks good on you brother”.

Nicolas Otamendi wrote “vamos aleeee, congratulations”. Cristian Romero also replied writing “Now yessss” while Leandro Paredes wrote “vamos guachoooo”.

The Best goalkeeper in the world Emiliano Martinez posted a story on his Instagram account congratulating Garnacho on his first match.

Alejandro Garnacho posted several pictures of his Argentina team debut with the caption:

“And if this is a dream, never wake me up. Beautiful. 💙🤍”.

Several of his Argentina team mates replied, congratulating him on his debut! 🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/rNLylH6j3a

— Mundo Albiceleste ⭐🌟⭐🇦🇷 (@MundoAlbicelest) June 16, 2023

Emiliano Martínez congratulating Alejandro Garnacho on his Argentina debut. pic.twitter.com/j2ob0SM3NU

— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) June 15, 2023