Argentina beat Australia 2-1 in the last 16.Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez got the victors’ goals.Argentina will now play the Netherlands in the quarter-finals .
😍 Messi's Goal in his 1000th Game tonight vs Australia – Fan Angle 🎥
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Experience and youth combined to earn Argentina a 2-1 win over Australia and a last-16 date with the Netherlands at Qatar 2022. Lionel Messi cannily broke the deadlock and Julian Alvarez double the lead before the hour.
Julian Alvarez is the sixth player to score in each of his first two World Cup starts for Argentina, and the first to do so since Hernán Crespo in 2006.
The Socceroos nonetheless gripped on to their towel. From one assault on the Albiceleste goal, Craig Goodwin’s fierce hit took a huge deflection off Enzo Fernandez and halved the deficit. From another, Aziz Behich threatened to score a goal of the tournament contender. That proved the Aussies’ last shot. They return Down Under having done themselves proud. The Argentinians, deserved winners overall, look ahead to a mouth-watering clash with the Netherlands.
Lionel Messi, at 35 years and 162 days, became Argentina’s oldest marksman in the World Cup. It was also Messi’s ninth goal in the competition, taking him past Diego Maradona and Guillermo Stabile among Argentinians, shy only of 10-goal Gabriel Batistuta.
In his 1,000th career appearance, Lionel Messi has scored his 789th goal, and his first in the knockout stages of the World Cup.
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