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Messi scores in the 1000th game and leads Argentina to the quarterfinals

Argentina was warned.

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Messi scores in the 1000th game and leads Argentina to the quarterfinals

Argentina was warned. The Australians prevailed in the death group. While the experts had discussed in the run-up to this World Cup whether France, Denmark or Tunisia would go home next to the outsiders after the preliminary round in Group D, the “Socceroos” advanced to the round of 16, unimpressed by their strong opponents. The outsider initially held up well against the almost overwhelming Argentinians around Lionel Messi. In the end, however, there was the expected defeat, introduced by the superstar, who once again outshined everything.

In his 1000th game as a professional footballer, Lionel Messi led the Argentine national team to the quarter-finals of the World Cup. The 35-year-old broke the ban with a well-considered shot to make it 1-0 (35'). It was his first goal in the knockout rounds of a World Cup, but his ninth World Cup goal overall. He is now the sole record holder. Diego Maradona had eight in his career.

His team had the game under control from then on. Julian Alvarez made it 2-0 in the second half (57th) and seemed to have made the preliminary decision against the harmless opponent. The fact that the South Americans still had to tremble was due to an unfortunate deflected ball. Craig Goodwin's shot would have gone wide of the target, but it bounced off Enzo Martinez's arm and into the Argentinian goal (77th), which was now wobbling. Aziz Behich was only centimeters short of an equalizer in his solo run (81st).

This leaves another record possible for Messi. World Cup record player is Lothar Matthäus with 25 appearances, followed by Miroslav Klose (24). Messi is now in 23 games and meets the Netherlands in the quarter-finals on Friday, who beat the USA 3-1 (2-0) in the afternoon.

More to come.

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