Argentina’s Enzo Fernandez celebrates scoring their third purpose with Lautaro Martinez of their Spherical of 16 match in opposition to Egypt on the Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia, US, July 7, 2026. — ReutersArgentina by to World Cup quarter-finals.Yasser Ibrahim, Mostafa Zico rating for Egypt.Argentina’s Messi, Romero amongst goal-scorers.
Defending champion Argentina scored thrice after the 78th minute, fuelling a ferocious comeback in a 3-2 win over Egypt within the spherical of 16 World Cup match on Tuesday afternoon in Atlanta.
After La Albiceleste scored their first two targets in a four-minute span to rally from a 2-0 deficit, Enzo Fernandez delivered the game-winner on a header from the sting of the 6-yard field off a protracted cross from Lautaro Martinez.
Lionel Messi scored the tying purpose within the 83rd minute, 4 minutes after Cristian Romero obtained Argentina on the board with a headed purpose off an help from Messi.
Messi ran onto a go from Gonzalo Montiel after a chaotic sequence within the field and lasered a shot that eluded Egyptian keeper Mostafa Shoubir.
Messi’s file twenty first all-time World Cup purpose was his eighth of the match, transferring him atop the Golden Boot leaderboard. He has scored in a file 9 straight World Cup matches.
The comeback marked Argentina’s first within the World Cup knockout spherical since a 2-1 extra-time defeat of Mexico in 2006.
The win, Argentina’s eleventh straight unbeaten World Cup match, units them as much as face the winner of Tuesday’s later contest between Colombia and Switzerland in a quarter-final on Saturday at Kansas Metropolis.
Yasser Ibrahim opened the scoring within the fifteenth minute earlier than Mostafa Zico gave Egypt a 2-0 edge within the 67th minute. However after Shoubir made 4 saves to protect the Egypt’s early benefit, he allowed targets on the ultimate three pictures on purpose he confronted.
After a back-and-forth opening, Egypt jumped forward on a leaping header within the field by Ibrahim. That put Argentina behind in a World Cup match for the primary time since their final World Cup loss of their 2022 opener in opposition to Saudi Arabia.
It appeared that lead was going to be short-lived when Nicolas Tagliafico drew a penalty 4 minutes later. However Messi didn’t ship when his penalty kick was stopped by Shoubir, who dove to his left to make the save.
Messi turned the primary participant to ever miss a number of penalty kicks on the similar World Cup. He hit the publish on a free kick within the thirty first minute.
After a foul nicely earlier in a play erased their second purpose within the 59th minute, Egypt transformed one other counterattacking alternative eight minutes later.
Haissem Hassan’s go throughout the sting of the 6-yard field discovered Zico, who buried it previous Emiliano Martinez to present Egypt a 2-0 lead within the 67th minute.
