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⚽ MATCH RESULT

FULL TIME
ARGENTINA
2 0
AUSTRIA
📍 VENUE: AT&T Stadium, Arlington ✦ REFEREE: Amin Omar
▶ GOALS & CARDS
  • 9' Lionel Messi Penalty awarded after VAR review; Messi sent the spot-kick wide
  • 38' Lionel Messi Messi's record-breaking 17th World Cup goal, surpassing Klose
  • 57'
  • 64'
  • 65'
  • 67'
  • 68'
  • 68'
  • 78'
  • 82'
  • 82'
  • 85'
  • 90' 🟨 Leandro Paredes Foul on Chukwuemeka
  • 90' Lionel Messi Stoppage-time second goal; Messi's 18th World Cup goal
▶ MATCH STATS
ARG 54% POSSESSION 46% AUT
ARG 11 SHOTS 6 AUT
ARG 5 SHOTS ON TARGET 1 AUT
ARG 13 FOULS 13 AUT
ARG 1 SAVES 2 AUT
ARG 0 RED CARDS 0 AUT
▶ LINE-UPS
ARGENTINA
STARTING XI
  1. GKEmiliano Martínez
  2. DFLisandro Martínez
  3. Cristian Romero▼ 57'
  4. Facundo Medina▼ 82'
  5. DFNahuel Molina
  6. MFEnzo Fernández
  7. MFAlexis Mac Allister
  8. Thiago Almada▼ 64'
  9. Rodrigo De Paul▼ 82'
  10. Lautaro Martínez▼ 65'
  11. FWLionel Messi⚽⚽
SUBSTITUTES
  • Nicolás Otamendi▲ 57'
  • Julián Álvarez▲ 64'
  • Nicolás González▲ 65'
  • Leandro Paredes▲ 82'🟨
  • Nicolás Tagliafico▲ 82'
AUSTRIA
STARTING XI
  1. GKAlexander Schlager
  2. David Alaba▼ 67'
  3. DFKevin Danso
  4. DFKonrad Laimer
  5. Stefan Posch▼ 68'
  6. Paul Wanner▼ 68'
  7. MFXaver Schlager
  8. MFNicolas Seiwald
  9. Michael Gregoritsch▼ 85'
  10. MFMarcel Sabitzer
  11. Romano Schmid▼ 78'
SUBSTITUTES
  • Marco Friedl▲ 67'
  • Alexander Prass▲ 68'
  • Marko Arnautović▲ 68'
  • Patrick Wimmer▲ 78'
  • Carney Chukwuemeka▲ 85'

⚔ HEAD-TO-HEAD ARCHIVE

ARGENTINA
La Albiceleste
EST. 1893
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H2H
2—0
ARG LEADS · 2–0
DRAWS
1
MEETINGS
3
AUSTRIA
Das Team (The Wunderteam)
EST. 1904
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