Reporter Cai Houxuan / full report
▲Argentine Messi and Alvarez each scored one goal to help the team defeat Australia and advance to the quarter-finals. (Image / Summary from FIFA Twitter)
The top 16 of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is in full swing. At 3:00 on the 4th, the traditional powerhouse of Argentina will play against the dark horse of Australia. In the 35th minute of the first half, a shot broke the net to help Argentina score first. Julián Álvarez caught the opposing goalkeeper’s mistake in the 57th minute of the second half and scored another victory. The Australian team relied on Argentina’s own goal to score. However, Australia’s latest attacks have been fixed. In the end, Argentina won 2:1 and advanced to the quarterfinals.
In the 17th minute of this season, Argentine striker Papu Gómez lifted his foot and volleyed a volley from the left penalty area, but the ball was too powerful and flew directly over the goal. In the 29th minute, the Australian team had a chance. Riley McGree’s cross from left corner was headed in by Harry Souttar but was blocked by Argentine defender Cristian Romero.
Messi, who opened the 1000th match of his career in the World Cup, received an assist from Nicolas Otamendi in the penalty area in the 35th minute, Messi shot a low shot with his left foot and scored a beautiful goal to help Argentina to score. a point to take a 1-0 lead. This goal was also Messi’s fifth World Cup appearance, his first goal in the round of 16, and once again he got past Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo. The two teams didn’t have many shots in the first half: Argentina had 2 shots and 1 shot on goal, while Australia had only 1 shot and 0 shots on target.
▲ Argentine star Lionel Messi scored a first-half goal to help the team score first. (Image / Summary from FIFA Twitter)
In the 57th minute of the second half, Argentinian striker Julián Álvarez took advantage of Australian goalkeeper Mathew Ryan’s ignorance, stealing the ball directly and lifting his foot to clear the net, helping the team to another victory. and shot Ma failed to hit, but in 77 minutes, Australian defender Aziz Behich passed the ball first to the center, substitute Craig Goodwin kicked a long shot, Argentine defender E. Fernandez (Enzo Fernández originally wanted blocking the ball with a kick, but the ball broke through the net impartially after the refraction, this “own goal” also helped the Australian team break the egg.
▲ Argentina’s Julián Álvarez caught the opposing goalkeeper’s mistake and helped the team to another victory. (Image / Summary from FIFA Twitter)
In the last 7 minutes of the second half, the Australian team had another great offensive opportunity, but was ultimately resolved by the strong defense of the Argentine backcourt. In the end, Argentina defeated Australia 2:1 and she advanced to the quarterfinals. the opponent will be the formidable Dutch team that broke into the top 8 without losing a game.
