Australia put up an honest problem, however Argentina confirmed their class.
Argentina have crushed Australia 2-1 within the spherical of 16 of the soccer World Cup in Qatar, organising a quarter-final towards the Netherlands.
Lionel Messi, taking part in in his one thousandth sport, opened the scoring within the thirty fifth minute, one in all few highlights of a torpid first half at Ahmed bin Ali Stadium on Saturday, to achieve 9 World Cup profession targets and greatest Argentina legend Diego Maradona’s World Cup tally.
A second adopted simply earlier than the hour mark, courtesy of Julian Alvarez following a serious lapse by Australia’s defence.
The Socceroos performed a compact sport, and a few durations of possession labored properly for them within the second half. Goodwin tried to discover a receiver within the field from distance within the 77th minute, however the ball ricocheted off Federico Fernandez and into the Argentina aim.
Futher efforts in each goal-mouths ramped up the strain within the dying minutes, however the broadly predicted consequence retains Messi’s Argentina World Cup hopes alive.
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