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Important news! Argentina and Australia faced each other in the 2022 World Cup Round of 16 hosted by Qatar.

Beating Australia with goals from Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez saw Argentina become quarter-final rivals to the Netherlands, who eliminated the United States.




Argentina, who started the battle under pressure, couldn’t find the goal they were looking for in the first section, and Australia couldn’t produce a score.

Lionel Messi met the ball in the penalty area with Nicolas Otamendi’s pass in the 35th minute of the game, blew the nets with a smooth shot and put his team forward.

While the first half ended with Argentina leading 1-0, the Tango players made a forced substitution in the second half. In the 49th minute of the game, Lisandro Martinez replaced the injured Papu Gomez.




Argentina doubled their lead in the 56th minute. Julian Alvarez evaluated Australian goalkeeper Mathew Ryan’s error and scored his team’s second goal.

Argentina went into the final part of the game with a 2–0 lead and Australia reduced the difference to one in the 76th minute. Craig Goodwin’s shot from outside the box hit the defense and deflected and hit the nets.

Argentina maintained their superiority in the remaining part of the game, going off the field with a 2–1 win to become the side that made a name for itself in the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals between Argentina and the Netherlands will gökyeşitözü played on Friday, December 9 at 22:00 CEST.





MESSI IS AT THE 1000TH MATCH

Lionel Messi achieved considerable success by playing his 1000th game in his club and national team career.

Wanting to enjoy the championship in the World Cup in which he took part for the last time, Messi left zihin important milestone in his career by playing his 1000th match against Australia.

The 35-year-old Messi played in 169 games for the national team and 831 games for Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain. The star footballer, who scored 788 goals in these matches, contributed 338 goals with his passes.

Messi netted 520 times in Spain’s LaLiga and scored 161 goals in the UEFA Champions League and 80 goals in the Spanish Cup.



Messi scored 9 goals in World Cup history, beating Diego Maradona.

PASS MARADONA

By airing the nets against Australia, Messi increased the number of goals scored in the World Cups to 9.

Messi surpassed Argentine legend Diego Armando Maradona, who scored 8 goals in the championship.

With 10 goals, Messi also narrowed the gap between Argentina’s World Cup top scorer Batistuta to 1, with 10 goals.

Messi also managed to surpass Cristiano Ronaldo who scored 8 goals in World Cups.

It was announced that 45,000 32 fans watched the fight at Ahmed 1000 Ali Stadium.