(Al Rayyan) Lionel Messi’s Argentina beat Australia (2-1) on Saturday at the Ahmed Ben Ali Stadium in Doha and qualified for the quarter-finals of the World Cup, where they will face the Netherlands.
Messi with a placed shot (35e), then Julian Alvarez after a blunder by Australian goalkeeper Mathew Ryan (57e), allowed the “Albiceleste” to dispose of the “Socceroos”, who reduced the gap with an own goal from Enzo Fernandez (77e).