Lionel Messi marked his 1,000th senior sport with a aim to assist see Argentina by to the World Cup quarter-finals by beating Australia.
The footballing legend broke the impasse in direction of the tip of the first-half with a candy end after combining well with former Manchester City star Nicolas Otamendi on the sting of the penalty space.
It was Messi’s 789th profession aim, his 94th in 169 first staff appearances for his nation throughout his illustrious profession, and but his first within the World Cup knockout phases.
Australia threatened a fightback on the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium after Craig Goodwin’s deflected shot halved the deficit, however an excellent last-ditch sort out from Manchester United’s Lisandro Martinez denied Aziz Behich what would have been an equaliser within the eightieth minute.
Argentina are heading into the final eight having recovered from a shock 2-1 defeat to Saudi Arabia of their opening match of the event to complete prime of Group C.
They will face the Netherlands on Friday, after the Dutch staff beat the USA 3-1 earlier.
The Oranje prolonged their unbeaten streak to 19 video games after lapses within the US defence gave the Dutch a deal with as Memphis Depay scored within the tenth minute and Daley Blind in first-half stoppage time.
US hope was revived when Christian Pulisic’s cross hit the trailing foot of second-half substitute Haji Wright and popped over goalkeeper Andries Noppert and into the web.
But Denzel Dumfries later scored on a volley after aiding on the primary two targets.
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Tomorrow will see France face off in opposition to Poland at 3pm, whereas England will play Senegal at 7pm.
Source: information.sky.com”