Argentina advances through the Quarterfinal after beating Australia by 2-1. Argentina will face the Netherlands in Quarterfinal. Lionel Messia played a vital role in the win against Australia as Lionel Messi finally scored a goal in the knockout rounds of the World Cup. Lionel Messi was playing the 1,000th game of his career. The Argentina captain marked his 1,000th career appearance with his 789th goal.
Julian Alvarez added the second goal for Argentina. Argentina was in full control of the game against Australia until an own-goal from Enzo Fernandez gave Australia hope of an unlikely comeback.
Australia had a chance to equalize against Argentina in the last minute of the stoppage time but the Argentina goalkeeper managed to save it.
