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61% Ball Possession ARGENTINA and 39% Ball Possession AUSTRALIA
Argentina 2 – 1 Australia 
35′ Lionel Messi 77′ Craig Goodwin
57′ Julián Álvarez
🏆👉 Argentina win the FIFA World Cup Round of 16 against Australia on Saturday 3 December 2022 at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium (Al-Rayyan) in Al Rayyan, Qatar. For Argentina, now, the Quarter-final against the Netherlands. Argentina delighted millions of fans worldwide. The victory thanks to the goals by Lionel Messi and Julián Álvarez. Argentina continue their adventure. Australia salute this World Cup playing with determination but not enough to win. The honor goal for Australia was scored by Craig Goodwin.
Argentina-Australia is also a very special match for Lionel Messi. Messi crosses the finish line of 1,000 matches as a professional footballer. For him, it is match number 169 with the Seleccion shirt – of which he has long held the absolute record – to which are added the 778 matches played with Barcelona and 53 with Paris Saint-Germain. The matches played with Barça B and those with Argentina’s national youth teams, including the Olimpica team, are excluded from the count.
- Italian Serie A players called up in this game
🇦🇷 Argentina: Leandro Paredes (Juventus) listed as a substitute
Angel Di Maria (Juventus) listed as a substitute
Lautaro Martinez (Inter) played from the 71st minute after replacing Julián Álvarez.
Paulo Dybala (Roma) listed as a substitute
🇦🇺 Australia: Fran Karacic (Brescia) played from the 72nd minute after replacing Milos Degenek
Ajdin Hrustic (Hellas Verona) played from the 58th minute after replacing Keanu Baccus
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Argentina opened the score in the 35th minute. Forward Lionel Messi defeated Australia goalkeeper Mathew Ryan with a left-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Nicolás Otamendi.
🏆👉 🇦🇷 Argentina 1 – 0 Australia 🇦🇺, 35th minute, ⚽️ goal by Lionel Messi for @Argentina with a left-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Nicolás Otamendi. https://t.co/t1AEiA0wMB
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) December 3, 2022
🎥 Lionel #Messi y el primer tanto Albiceleste 🇦🇷 ¿¡Dónde la metiste, capitán!? 😱pic.twitter.com/BC46s55poj
— Selección Argentina 🇦🇷 (@Argentina) December 3, 2022
Give Messi an inch, he will find the back of the net 🎯 pic.twitter.com/eamX9eQxqn
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) December 3, 2022
M E S S I
🔟 pic.twitter.com/ZQpPBtSH7m— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) December 3, 2022
Argentina scored again. Julián Álvarez scored in the 57th minute with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
🏆👉 🇦🇷 Argentina 2 – 0 Australia 🇦🇺, 57th minute, ⚽️ goal by Julián Álvarez for @Argentina with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. https://t.co/Nl01XsXnEd
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) December 3, 2022
Australia shortened the distance in the 77th minute. Craig Goodwin defeated Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
🏆👉 🇦🇷 Argentina 2 – 1 Australia 🇦🇺, 77th minute, ⚽️ goal by Craig Goodwin for @Socceroos with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. https://t.co/gyFyFGpHMX
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) December 3, 2022
Don’t count the @Socceroos out yet 👀🇦🇺 pic.twitter.com/0pkuMfsiQ3
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) December 3, 2022
LET’S GOOOOOOOO!!! #ARG 2-1 #AUS | #FIFAWorldCup #GiveIt100 #Socceroos pic.twitter.com/KcacHRlaTC
— Socceroos (@Socceroos) December 3, 2022
✅ Stats before the game. This is Argentina’s first meeting with Australia since September 2007 friendly, which Argentina won 1-0 thanks to a goal from Martin Demichelis. It is also the first-ever World Cup crossing between these two national teams. Australia’s only win against Argentina in seven games (D1 L5) came in July 1988 in the Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup: 4-1 with goals from Paul Wade, Charlie Yankos (2), and Vlado Bozinoski. Current manager Graham Arnold also played in that game for the Socceroos. This will be Australia’s fifth World Cup match against South American opponents – the Socceroos have never won in the previous four (D1 L3). Argentina’s only precedents with a team from Oceania concern the seven matches against Australia, none of which was as said at the World Cup. Argentina was eliminated in the round of 16 at the 2018 World Cup, losing to eventual winners France. The South American national team has never gone out before the quarter-finals in two consecutive World Cups since the round of 16 was introduced in 1986; the last time Seleccion went out before the quarter-finals in two consecutive World Cups was in 1958-1962 (eliminated in the first round of the groups both times).
🏆👉 Lineup ARGENTINA (4-3-3): Dibu Martinez; Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Acuna; De Paul, Enzo Fernandez, Mac Allister; Messi, Julian Alvarez, Papu Gomez.
🏆👉 Lineup AUSTRALIA (4-4-2): Ryan; Degenek, Souttar, Rowles, Behich; Leckie, Irvine, Mooy, Baccus; Duke, McGree.
📺 Click the video to watch Argentina 2 – 1 Australia highlights on Saturday 3 December 2022
The Ahmed bin Ali Stadium ready for Argentina vs Australia
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Polish Referee Szymon Marciniak
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🏆 👉 First half is over. 🇦🇷 Argentina 1 – 0 Australia 🇦🇺
⚽️ Goals: 35′ Lionel Messi (A)
🟨 Yellows: 15′ Jackson Irvine (Au), 38′ Milos Degenek (Au)
✍ Ball Possession: 61% @Argentina and 39% @Socceroos
✅ https://t.co/93OA0d317g@SerieASitdown @TheCalcioGuys @socios https://t.co/WdY7enjzqd
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) December 3, 2022
🏆 👉 Result 🇦🇷 Argentina 2 – 1 Australia 🇦🇺
⚽️ Goals: 35′ Lionel Messi (Ar), 57′ Julián Álvarez (Ar), 77′ Craig Goodwin (Au)
✍ Ball Possession: 61% @Argentina and 39% @Socceroos
✅ https://t.co/93OA0d317g@SerieASitdown @TheCalcioGuys @socios @InterClubLA https://t.co/KNnJUpGY3U
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) December 3, 2022
Photo via twitter.com/FIFAWorldCup
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
Round of 16
🇦🇷 Argentina 2 – 1Australia 🇦🇺
Saturday 3 December 2022
Ahmed bin Ali Stadium (Al-Rayyan)
Al Rayyan, Qatar
22:00 (local time in Qatar)
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Pawel Sokolnicki (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
Fourth Official: Mario Escobar (GUA)
Reserve Assistant Referee: Kathryn Nesbitt (USA)
Video Assistant Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Marco Fritz (GER)
Offside Video Assistant Referee: Alessandro Giallatini (ITA)
Support Video Assistant Referee: Benoit Millot (FRA)
Standby Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ciro Carbone (ITA)
Goals: 35′ Lionel Messi (Ar), 57′ Julián Álvarez (Ar), 77′ Craig Goodwin (Au)
🟨 Yellows: 15′ Jackson Irvine (Au), 38′ Milos Degenek (Au)
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
🏆👉 Lineup ARGENTINA (4-3-3): Dibu Martinez; Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Acuna; De Paul, Enzo Fernandez, Mac Allister; Messi, Julian Alvarez, Papu Gomez.
Subs: Armani, Rulli, Thiago Almada, Correa, Di Maria, Dybala, Foyth, Lautaro Martinez, Lisandro Martinez, Montiel, Palacios, Paredes, Pezzella, Guido Rodriguez, Tagliafico.
Head Coach: Scaloni.
🏆👉 Lineup AUSTRALIA (4-4-2): Ryan; Degenek, Souttar, Rowles, Behich; Leckie, Irvine, Mooy, Baccus; Duke, McGree.
Subs: Redmayne, Vukovic, Atkinson, Goodwin, Cummings, Deng, Devlin, Hrustic, Karacic, King, Kuol, Mabil, MacLaren, Tilio, Wright.
Head Coach: Arnold.
