पहले पेनल्टी मिस किया, फिर आखिरी मिनटों में दिखाया मैजिक, मेसी ने कराई अर्जेंटीना की यादगार वापसी – Lionel Messi Inspires Argentina Incredible Fightback Against Egypt in Round of 16 of FIFA World Cup ntc dpmx
Defending champion Argentina made the most thrilling comeback of the tournament in the round of 16 match of the FIFA World Cup 2026 by defeating Egypt 3-2 and secured a place in the quarter-finals. In this match played at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, at one time Argentina was trailing 0-2 in the match and was in danger of being out of the tournament, but this team played brilliantly in the last minutes and turned the match around.
There was only 10 minutes left in the match, then against Egypt argentina Was behind 0-2. Yasir Ibrahim scored in the 15th minute of the first half to give Egypt a 1-0 lead over Argentina. Despite their best efforts, Argentina could not penetrate Egypt’s defense in the first half. He did get a chance in the form of a penalty, but Lionel Messi missed the goal. In the 67th minute of the second half, Mostafa Zico scored a goal to increase Egypt’s lead to 2-0.
Just when it seemed that Argentina would face a major upset and Egypt were just 10 minutes away from creating history, then Lionel Messi The magic worked. He gave life to Argentina in the tournament by scoring a brilliant goal with his left foot and at the end of the scheduled 90 minutes of play, the score was tied at 2-2. This is the eighth goal of this legendary Argentinian player in the tournament. He has again overtaken France’s Kylian Mbappe and Norway’s Erling Haaland in the race for the ‘Golden Boot’ with the most goals in the tournament. Mbappe and Holland have 7 goals each.
In stoppage time, Argentina scored its third goal of the second half, when Enzo Fernandez scored with a header to give Argentina the victory and maintain its 11th consecutive victory in the World Cup. This match is being considered as one of the most spectacular comebacks in World Cup history. Egypt had brought the current Football World Cup champions very close to being eliminated from the tournament, but Argentina, showing the fighting mentality of a champion team, snatched victory from the jaws of defeat and secured its ticket to the quarter-finals.
Argentina now has a 5-0-0 record heading into the 2026 World Cup and are trying to become the third country after Italy and Brazil to win two consecutive World Cups. Argentina sixth in a row fifa world cup Messi has reached the ‘Round of 16’ and all these opportunities have come during Messi’s career only. After reaching the quarter-finals, Argentina will now face the winner of the match between Colombia and Switzerland on July 11 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.
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