FIFA World Cup: Argentina beat Australia regardless of late scare, Lionel Messi charmed
Lionel Messi of Argentina reacts after scoring his objective towards Australia. (Reuters/Pedro Nunes)
In his 1,000th profession, Lionel Messi had his finest World Cup match ever as Argentina beat Australia 2-1 to e-book their place within the quarter-finals towards the Netherlands subsequent week. However, regardless of holding a two-goal lead, the ultimate moments of the sport turned out to be extra nervous than Argentina had anticipated.
Messi’s second of glory got here within the thirty fifth minute, the primary third of the sport after being nicely managed by Australia. A far inferior facet when it comes to expertise, the Socceroos did nicely to comprise Argentina’s assaults, permitting them to proceed to dominate possession, however slowed down the tempo, leaving little area between the strains to create probabilities. And then the second got here after a flash level. [Read more]
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