Argentina vs Australia national team results in the last 16 of the 2022 World Cup: Win 2-1, Lionel Messi and Cs win tickets to the quarterfinals
National Team for the 2022 World Cup. Argentina won the ticket after winning 2-1 over Australia in the round of 16 which took place at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, on Sunday (4/12/2022) early morning WIB.
Lionel Messi scored two goals for the Argentina national team in the 35th minute and Julian Alvarez in the 57th minute. Meanwhile, Australia could only reply through an own goal by Argentine player Enzo Fernandez in the 77th minute.
With the victory over Australia, Argentina has also qualified for the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup. They will challenge the Netherlands, who previously made sure of qualifying after a 3-1 win over the United States.
Course of the Match
First round
Australia tried to appear pressing by playing a fast game tempo from the start of the game. Even so, Argentina remained calm and tried to increase the intensity of the attacks slowly.
After 15 minutes, Argentina was able to control the ball better and made it difficult for Australia to attack. Several opportunities were successfully obtained by La Albiceleste, but Australia was able to thwart them quite well.
Not long ago, both Argentina and Australia began to relax the tempo of the game. Both teams were careful in their attacks and appeared solid enough to defend their goal.
In the last ten minutes, Argentina finally managed to break the deadlock after Messi (35') broke into the Australian goal with a pass provided by Nicolas Otamendi. Now Argentina is winning 1-0.
Argentina played more aggressively after scoring the opening goal in the match. But until the first half ended, no goals can be created again. Argentina also managed to lead 1-0 over Australia until halftime.
Second round
In the second half, Argentina seemed to change its game strategy and try to play defensively. Lionel Scaloni decided to replace Papu Gomez with Lisandro Martinez.
Even so, this did not make Argentina unable to carry out attacks. In the 57th minute, Argentina managed to double their advantage with a goal by Julian Alvarez after the Australian defense made a blunder. Now Argentina is 2-0 up.
After that, Argentina also continued to carry out several attacks that were quite dangerous. Australia also had to struggle to thwart efforts built by Argentina in the remaining 30 minutes.
After the conditions became more difficult, Australia tried to make some changes in order to break the deadlock. As a result, Australia also succeeded in reducing the lag in the 77th minute with Craig Goodwin's long-range shot to make it 2-1.
Australia is increasingly aggressive to be able to equalize in the remaining time. But until the last match, no additional goals were created, Argentina also managed to ensure victory with a final score of 2-1.
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