Atlanta, July 8 (). On Tuesday, in the Round of 16 match of the FIFA World Cup 2026, defending champion Argentina made a brilliant comeback against Egypt after falling 0-2 and won 3-2. By winning this match played in Atlanta, Argentina has secured a place in the quarter-finals. In this match, Lionel Messi, after assisting a goal, also scored a goal himself, while Enzo Fernandez scored the winning goal in stoppage time (90+3′).
Argentina made a comeback from 0-2 down in the round of 16 match. Yasser Ibrahim (15th minute) and Mustapha Zico (62nd minute) scored for Egypt, putting the reigning champions in danger of an early exit from the tournament, but Messi worked his magic; First he started the attack and assisted Christian Romero’s goal in the 79th minute. After this he also scored his own goal in the 83rd minute.
Lautaro delivered a long ball into the area, which fell into the right place for the Argentine captain and he kicked it towards the goal. Goalkeeper Shobeir tried to touch the ball, but it hit the bar and went in and the score became 2-2.
After this, Enzo Fernandez scored a brilliant goal in the third minute of stoppage time, ensuring Argentina’s victory and making the score 3-2.
Earlier, Argentina had conceded a goal in the first half of a World Cup match for the first time since the Round of 16 match against France in 2018. In the last 11 matches, he had not conceded any goal in the first half.
Yasser Ibrahim gave Egypt a surprise lead with a header which was brilliantly saved by Mustafa Shobir. The goalkeeper dived to save Messi’s penalty and also brilliantly blocked shots from Alexis McAllister and Julian Alvarez.
Egypt thought they had scored their second goal just before an hour of play was over. Haissam Hassan made a brilliant run down the right and passed the ball to Salah, who assisted Zico to score. However, it was canceled out due to a foul just before the goal, but it only briefly delayed Al Ahly’s attempt to double the lead; He scored the goal on a sharp counter-attack in conjunction with Salah and Hasan.
This brought Egypt very close to victory, but Argentina did not give up. He missed many chances but did not lose patience; They kept attacking, creating chances and making great comebacks.
Christian Romero reduced the gap with a goal, Messi’s brilliant finish equalized and Fernandez completed a memorable comeback.
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