The Argentina national team secured a comeback victory against the Egypt national team in the Round of 16 match of the 2026 World Cup and advances to the quarterfinals, reports UNN.
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Egypt opened the scoring in the 15th minute: Marwan Attiya delivered a cross from the flank, and Yasser Ibrahim sent the ball into the far corner past Emiliano Martinez.
6 minutes later, Argentina earned a penalty, but Lionel Messi failed to beat Mostafa Shobeir. Due to this miss, Messi matched his own anti-record for the number of missed penalties at World Cups - 4 misses.
At the start of the second half, Egypt managed to double their lead, but the referee disallowed the goal due to a foul. However, in the 67th minute, Egypt finally managed to score legally: Haissem Hassan fired a low cross across the goalmouth, and Mostafa Zico "shot" Martinez from a few meters out.
10 minutes later, Argentina managed to reduce the deficit thanks to a header from Cristian Romero from Messi's assist, and 4 minutes later they equalized thanks to efforts from Messi, who scored his 8th goal at this World Cup, and 21st overall at World Cups.
In addition, Messi became the best assistant at World Cups with 9 assists.
Enzo Fernandez put the final touch on the match 4 minutes before the end.
In the quarterfinals, Argentina will face the winner of the pair Switzerland - Colombia, who will play today at 23:00 Kyiv time.
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