Argentina beats Australia, 2-1: World Cup highlights - The Washington Post

Lionel Messi scored the archetypal World Cup knockout signifier extremity of his storied career, and Julián Álvarez capitalized connected an mistake by Australian goalkeeper Mathew Ryan arsenic Argentina prevailed, 2-1, successful its round-of-16 crippled Saturday.

Messi’s extremity came successful the 35th minute. The shot bounced disconnected of Nicolás Otamendi and into the way of the Paris Saint-Germain forward. He took a touch, past curled a changeable into the backmost of the net.

Álvarez doubled the pb successful the 57th infinitesimal aft Ryan made a messiness of a dribbling situation. The Argentinian guardant was the beneficiary of his team’s fantabulous pressure, rolling the shot into an bare goal.

There’s the last whistle, and Argentina has held connected for a 2-1 triumph implicit Australia. Argentina volition look the Netherlands successful the quarterfinals connected Friday. Australia had a accidental to equalize successful the last moments, but Emiliano Martínez denied Garang Kuol’s close-range bid.

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Argentina has been pushing for a game-sealing score, but Australian goalkeeper Mathew Ryan has been stout successful extremity these past fewer minutes. The Argentina pb remains 2-1 successful the 97th minute.

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The Australian defence collapsed connected Lionel Messi arsenic helium drove toward the country connected an 89th-minute accelerated break. He dished the shot wide to Lautaro Martínez successful space, but Martínez missed a accidental to enactment the crippled away. Seven minutes of added clip remains for Australia to people an equalizer.

A mediocre clearance and an inadvertent deflection helped Craig Goodwin chopped Australia’s shortage successful the 77th minute. The Socceroos astir scored again successful the 81st minute. Australia has caller beingness precocious successful this game, trailing 2-1.

GOAL: Australia gets 1 backmost successful the 77th minute, it’s 2-1 Argentina, and possibly this 1 isn’t rather implicit yet.

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In the 72nd minute, Lautaro Martínez replaced extremity scorer Julián Álvarez, and Marcos Acuña came retired successful favour of Nicolás Tagliafico. Australia countered with 18-year-old Garang Kuol, Fran Karačić and Jamie Maclaren for Miloš Degenek, Mathew Leckie, and Mitchell Duke.

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Argentina is successful rhythm, passing the shot astir arsenic it controls possession. Lionel Messi added immoderate thrill to a caller sequence, cutting, skipping, driving and evading his mode upfield earlier his onslaught fizzled conscionable successful beforehand of the net. Fans successful the stands hailed the display.

Argentina capitalized connected an Australian blunder to treble its pb to 2-0 successful the 57th minute. Goalkeeper Mathew Ryan mishandled the shot arsenic helium tried to negociate 2 Argentinian players. Julián Álvarez punished the mistake.

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GOAL: Disaster for Australia goalkeeper Mathew Ryan. He tries to dribble retired of unit but turns the shot over, and Argentinian guardant Julián Álvarez benefits, passing the shot into an bare net. 2-0 Argentina successful the 57th minute, and it’s each but over.

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Lionel Messi’s 50th-minute changeable was deflected, allowing for a comparatively comfy prevention by Mathew Ryan. Argentina’s pb remains 1-0.

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Argentina brings connected defender Lisandro Martínez for guardant Papu Gómez successful the 50th minute. Defense for discourtesy arsenic Lionel Scaloni’s broadside tries to spot retired the 1-0 lead.

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The 2nd fractional of this lucifer betwixt Argentina and Australia has kicked off. Argentina, which leads 1-0, is connected gait to beforehand to the quarterfinals. The South American powerhouse mislaid to eventual champion France successful the 2018 World Cup circular of 16.

Argentina leads Australia 1-0 astatine halftime aft Lionel Messi shook a sleepy archetypal fractional awake.

You’d beryllium forgiven for missing the lone score. As the inactivity of the game’s opening moments crept deeper into the period, Nicolás Otamendi created a 35th-minute accidental erstwhile helium connected with Messi, who chopped crossed the country and nutmegged an Australian subordinate en way to the go-ahead goal.

Messi’s goal, his 3rd of this tournament, puts him successful a six-way necktie for the Golden Boot lead. If this scores holds, Argentina volition look the Netherlands connected Friday successful the quarterfinals.