Romania have played to a goalless draw with Argentina in their international friendly this evening.
Lionel Messi was involved early on, attempting a long-range shot inside the opening five minutes before crossing in for Federico Fernandez, who could only head the ball wide.
The visitors continued to dominate the opening 20 minutes, with Gonzalo Higuain and Sergio Aguero both pressing for the opening goal.
Romania finally had their first sight of goal when Mihai Pintilii tried to head in from an Alexandru Maxim corner, but his effort comfortably cleared the crossbar.
The home side finished the first half strongly, as Maxim forced a save from Sergio Romero with a powerful header, before Cristian Tanase drilled the ball wide from just outside the penalty area.
Messi continued to see a lot of the ball for Argentina in the second half, but Romania defended strongly to prevent him from getting a chance to put the visitors ahead himself.
Razvan Rat almost gave Romania the opening goal with a curling free kick from 25 yards out, but it just missed the left post.
Angel di Maria and Rodrigo Palacio led a late push from the Argentine side, while Ezequiel Lavezzi tested Costel Pantilimon inside the final five minutes, but they continued to be frustrated as the match finished goalless.
Sian Cowper
