Argentina vs Austria FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Score: ARG take on AUT in Texas. (AP)
FIFA World Cup 2026 Match Today Live Score: Lionel Messi has scored another goal after his record-breaking 17th goal at FIFA World Cups to drag Argentina into the Round of 32 with one game to spare in the group stages. Messi two goals came after he had missed a penalty kick early in the game in Argentina’s group stage clash with Austria at the FIFA World Cup 2026. Argentina won 2-0 against Austria, thanks to those two Messi goals.
What makes June 22 special for Argentina football fans: It was on June 22, 40 years ago that Diego Maradona, another Argentine football God, scored two of his most famous World Cup goals in Argentina’s 2-1 quarter-final victory over England at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, This included the infamous Hand of God goal and the one known as the Goal of the Century. 40 years since that historic day, Messi has made history as the World Cup’s top goalscorer.
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Here’s what Messi brings to the Argentina team: With his goal today against Austria, Messi has opened the scoring in seven of Argentina’s last nine World Cup fixtures. With the goal, Messi also became just the third player in World Cup history to score in six consecutive games after France’s Just Fontaine in 1958 and Brazil’s Jairzinho in 1970.
Messi is back in action with Argentina five days after thrashing Algeria 3-0 in a match where the little magician scored a hattrick. David Alaba and Co did their best to keep Messi quiet, even surrounding him with four players at times at the Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas. But eventually, Messi pounced on a cross and slotted it into goal in the 38th minute past Austria’s Schlager, about half an hour after he had scuffed his penalty. This was Messi’s fourth goal in the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2026.
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Lionel Messi has dominated Cristiano Ronaldo across all facets during the opening World Cup 2026 round last week. (AP Photo)
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