Argentina vs Italy | Match Day Vlog | International Friendly | 23.03.2018. The Etihad Stadium, Manchester. Argentina 2-0 Italy Italy vs Argentina Scorers: Banega (75'), Lanzini (85') Referee: Martin Atkinson MATCH REPORT: The five-time world player of the year was named among 13 Argentina substitutes but, unbeknown to many in the stadium, there was no chance of him featuring. City fans instead had to make do with the presence of Nicolas Otamendi in the Argentina defence, while behind him former City goalkeeper Willy Caballero made his international debut. Otamendi had one of the first serious chances of the game, heading straight at Buffon, who was winning his 176th cap after reversing a decision to retire from international football. Angel di Maria also shot at Buffon in a lively start but that pace soon dropped. The rest of the first half was played at a crawl with Argentina opportunities just before the interval for Leandro Paredes, Nicolas Tagliafico and Gonzalo Higuain all the crowd had to cheer. The latter two were saved by Buffon, the 40-year-old backing up his claims he is still the best man for the job despite calls for him to stand aside. Lorenzo Insigne sliced wide when he should have scored early in the second half and Lanzini headed over for Argentina. But it was not long before the crowd began to entertain themselves with Mexican waves. That briefly lifted the atmosphere but the chants for Messi to come on were wasted. Caballero boosted his World Cup chances with good saves from Antonio Candreva and Insigne before Banega struck with a sweet left-foot shot from the edge of the area after 75 minutes. Lanzini beat Buffon with a fine curling effort to wrap up victory 10 minutes later.