WORLD CUP

Argentina beats Australia 2-1 to reach World Cup quarter-finals

Goals from Messi and Álvarez keep Argentina ahead in tight knockout game.

Argentina's forward #10 Lionel Messi celebrates after he scored his team's first goal during the Qatar 2022 World Cup round of 16 football match between Argentina and Australia at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al-Rayyan, west of Doha on December 3, 2022. Foto: ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP
03 December 2022

Argentina moved into the quarter-finals of the World Cup on Saturday with a 2-1 win over Australia which sets up a last-eight clash with the Netherlands.

Lionel Messi scored his first-ever goal in a World Cup knockout round tie in the 35th minute, and youngster Julián Álvarez added Argentina's second just before the hour mark.

Australia pulled one back with a late own goal set in motion by Craig Goodwin.

The quarter-final game between Argentina and the Netherlands, who beat the United States earlier today, will take place on December 9.

 

-TIMES/AFP

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