The Dhaka Times Desk The football world enjoyed a breathtaking match. However, Argentina already confirmed the quarter-final by scoring 2 goals. But a last-minute penalty and attack after attack created a suffocating situation.
This was the 1000th match of Argentinian football wizard Leolen Messi's professional career. On such a day, playing the fifth World Cup, he scored for the first time in the knockout phase. And Messi's teammate Julian Alvarez also scored another goal. That's why Argentina confirmed the quarter-finals by winning 2-1 against Australia in the last sixteen of the World Cup in Qatar.
On Saturday (December 3) at 1:00 p.m., Argentina will take on Australia in the round of 16 match at Doha's Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium. However, Angel Di Maria was not in the XI due to a thigh injury. That is why the heat of his absence has been felt to some extent since the beginning of the match. As a result, Messi's team could not attack despite being ahead in possession of the ball. But in the end, Messi became the savior for the team. In the 35th minute, Argentina's wizard Messi led the team by smashing Australia's defense with a great left-footed shot inside the D-box.
Due to this goal, Messi, the seven-time Ballon d'Or winner, surpassed the record of 8 goals of the outgoing legend Diego Maradona on the World Cup stage. Just one more goal will touch the record of Gabriel Batistuta who scored the maximum 10 goals for Argentina in the World Cup. The legend played the 1000th match of his professional career and scored the best of the present time and arguably the best of all time. He scored the 94th goal in 169 matches for Argentina.
Manchester City's Argentinian star Alvarez, wearing jersey number 9, gave Argentina a double-goal lead shortly after entering the field in the second half. This player netted the ball in the 57th minute of the match. That's why Argentina lead 2-0 at the beginning of the second half.
However, in the 77th minute of this match, Australia's Craig Goodwin found some space in front of the D-box and shot from 25 yards away. However, Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez's face changed direction inside the D-box. That's why goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez got the ball into the net before he knew anything. In this opportunity, Australia returned to the match by repaying a goal.
Then Australia tried to return to the match several times. In the last minute of the extra time of the match, the last chance of Australia was brilliantly blocked by the Argentine goalkeeper. That's why Argentina confirmed the quarter-final with a 2-1 victory.
Meanwhile, in the first match of last sixteen at 9 pm yesterday, Virgil van Dijk's Netherlands made it to the last eight as the first team on the stage of the World Cup in Qatar. The Netherlands took the field against the United States and took a place in the quarter-finals by winning 3-1 at the scheduled time.
Know more time schedule for last sixteen of this year's World Cup:
December 4: France-Poland, 9 p.m.
December 5: England-Senegal, 1 p.m.
December 5: Japan-Croatia, 9 pm.
December 6: Brazil-South Korea, 1 p.m.
December 6: Morocco-Spain, 9 p.m.
December 7: Portugal-Switzerland, 1 p.m.
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