March 22 (Reuters) – Argentina 3 Venezuela 0 – South American World Cup qualifying result on Friday
At the Monumental, Buenos Aires
Scorers: Argentina 3 – Gonzalo Higuain 29, 59, Lionel Messi 45pen Venezuela 0
Halftime: 2-0
Teams:
Argentina: 1-Sergio Romero; 4-Pablo Zabaleta, 17-Federico Fernandez, 2-Ezequiel Garay, 6-Marcos Rojo; 5-Fernando Gago (19-Ever Banega 62), 14-Javier Mascherano, 7-Walter Montillo; 10-Lionel Messi, 9-Gonzalo Higuain (16-Rodrigo Palacio 80), 22-Ezequiel Lavezzi
Venezuela:1- Daniel Hernandez; 3-Andres Tunez, 21-Alexander Gonzalez, 4-Oswaldo Vizcarrondo, 6-Alejandro Cichero; 8-Tomas Rincon, 13-Luis Manuel Seijas (15-Romulo Otero 52), 14-Franklin Lucena, 18- Juan Arango (11-C (c)sar Gonzalez 75); 19-Frank Feltscher, 23-Jose Salomon Rondon (Nicolas Fedor 81)
Referee: Victor Hugo Carrillo (Peru) (Compiled by Rex Gowar; Editing by Ian Ransom)
