JAKARTA - The Argentina national team bounced back and stopped Egypt's surprise by winning the 2026 World Cup 16th round match with a score of 3-2 at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Tuesday local time.
In this match, Egypt actually could take the lead first through the goals of Yasser Ibrahim and Mostafa Ziko, according to FIFA's records.
Despite being two goals down, Argentina were able to bounce back and turn things around thanks to goals from Cristian Romero, Lionel Messi and Enzo Fernandez.
This victory makes Argentina advance to the 2026 World Cup quarterfinal and will face the winner of the match between Colombia vs Switzerland.
On the other hand, even though it stopped at this stage, Egypt was able to show an extraordinary performance while making history by being able to reach the 16th round of the World Cup.
Egypt could take the lead in the 15th minute after a pass from Marwan Attia was converted into a goal by a header from Yasser Ibrahim so that the score became 1-0.
Argentina had the opportunity to equalize, but Lionel Messi's penalty kick execution was stopped by Egyptian goalkeeper Mostafa Shobeir in the 21st minute.
Furthermore, Argentina continued to attack Egypt's defense line, but until halftime, the score of 1-0 for the advantage of Mohamed Salah and his colleagues remained.
Entering the second half, Egypt surprised the Argentine defense by successfully breaking through Emiliano Martinez's goal through Mostafa Ziko's kick, but was not confirmed by the referee after going through VAR.
Egypt managed to double their lead to 2-0 in the 67th minute after a pass from Haissem Hassan was greeted by a shot from Mostafa Ziko that broke into the Argentine goal.
Even though they were two goals behind, Argentina was able to narrow the gap after Messi's header was greeted by a header from Cristian Romero that broke into the Egyptian goal so that the score changed to 1-2 in the 79th minute.
Argentina managed to equalize in the 83rd minute through Messi's volley after receiving a pass from Gonzalo Montiel so that the score was again as strong as 2-2.
Lionel Scaloni's squad managed to turn the tide through a counterattack after Lautaro Martinez's pass was greeted by Enzo Fernandez's header so that the score changed to 3-2 in the 90+2 minute.
In the remaining time, Egypt tried to equalize, but until the end of the match, the score of 3-2 for Argentina's victory remained.
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