Summary

  • Use play icon at top of the page to watch live coverage from the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar

  • FT: Argentina 2-1 Australia - Messi opens scoring & Alvarez doubles lead; Goodwin pulls one back

  • Lionel Messi was playing 1,000th career game and 100th as Argentina captain

  • Argentina will face Netherlands, who beat USA earlier, in quarter-finals

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  1. Postpublished at 20:21 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2022

    Argentina 2-0 Australia

    Argentina against the Netherlands on Friday should be a good game.

  2. Fans are bouncing... againpublished at 20:20 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2022

    Argentina 2-0 Australia

    Andy Cryer
    BBC Sport in Qatar

    Unless you are Australian, you can't help but enjoy this whole occasion.

    The stadium is almost as one - barring the small pocket of yellow-shirted fans - as the fans put their arms together and bounce from side to side.

    You get the feeling they really believe this could be their year... and with support like this, surely they have a big chance.

  3. Postpublished at 61 mins

    Argentina 2-0 Australia

    Julian Alvarez closes down Mat Ryan as he deals with a backpass and the Australia keeper has learned his lesson as he kicks the ball away.

  4. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 20:19 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2022

    Argentina 2-0 Australia

    Straight after that goal Australia brought on Craig Goodwin and Ajdin Hrustic for Riley McGree and Keanu Baccus.

  5. Postpublished at 20:18 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2022

    Argentina 2-0 Australia

    Argentina 2-0 AustraliaImage source, Getty Images

    Julian Alvarez is the sixth player to score in each of his first two World Cup starts for Argentina, and the first since Hernan Crespo in 2006.

  6. 'Ryan should have launched it'published at 20:18 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2022

    Argentina 2-0 Australia

    Pat Nevin
    Former Scotland winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

    That's been coming a little bit. Mathew Ryan is a good goalkeeper in many ways but he is not good with his feet. He didn't look that comfortable to me.

    You cannot do that. That was massively poor to be caught out like that. Ryan has killed it for Australia. It's a bit daft. If you haven't got the skills, just launch it and he hasn't got the skills.

  7. Postpublished at 20:17 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2022

    Argentina 2-0 Australia

    Danny Murphy
    Former England midfielder on BBC One

    It's a better press from Argentina, really good. But I don't know what the keeper is doing.

    It just shows you, if you do press, take a gamble, and go together you get your rewards.

    That could be the goal that seals their quarter-final place.

  8. goal

    GOAL - Argentina 2-0 Australiapublished at 57 mins

    Julian Alvarez

    Oh Mat Ryan, what have you done?

    The Australia goalkeeper takes a heavy first touch from a backpass and steps past Rodrigo de Paul before running into Julian Alvarez.

    The Manchester City striker takes the ball off the goalkeeper and places it into the bottom corner of the empty net.

    Julian AlvarezImage source, Getty Images
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    Get Involvedpublished at 20:15 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2022

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    James: That was Messi’s first ever goal in the knockout stages of the World Cup. He has some way to go to match Pele, Maradona and Brazilian Ronaldo in this regard.

  10. Postpublished at 55 mins

    Argentina 1-0 Australia

    Good spell of possession from Argentina. Mat Ryan has to run out of his box to head the ball out of play.

  11. Postpublished at 20:14 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2022

    Here is Lionel Messi's first World Cup knockout goal.

  12. Postpublished at 20:12 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2022

    Argentina 1-0 Australia

    Danny Murphy
    Former England midfielder on BBC One

    Really good from Duke again, trying hard to close people down and get up the pitch.

  13. Postpublished at 53 mins

    Argentina 1-0 Australia

    Twice now Mitchell Duke has closed down and blocked Emiliano Martinez. This time Martinez just gets there first to Nicolas Otamendi's backpass.

    As a fan you love to see a striker chasing the ball down like that.

  14. Postpublished at 51 mins

    Argentina 1-0 Australia

    Argentina have gone to a back five now. Interesting to make a change like that so early in the second half. What has Lionel Scaloni seen?

  15. Postpublished at 20:09 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2022

    Argentina 1-0 Australia

    Danny Murphy
    Former England midfielder on BBC One

    Just slipped as he hit it. Lost his footing.

  16. Postpublished at 51 mins

    Argentina 1-0 Australia

    Lionel Messi slips as he shoots from near the penalty spot and it's a simple one for Mat Ryan. Messi remains the only player to have a shot on target here.

  17. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 50 mins

    Argentina 1-0 Australia

    This is very unusual.

    Argentina bring on Lisandro Martinez, a centre-back, for Papu Gomez, a forward. Why not at half-time? Why at all?

  18. Postpublished at 20:08 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2022

    Argentina 1-0 Australia

    Here is the Lionel Messi goal which separates the teams so far.

  19. Postpublished at 20:06 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2022

    Argentina 1-0 Australia

    Pat Nevin
    Former Scotland winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

    We know that Mathew Leckie is good on the ball and quick as a wide player.

  20. Postpublished at 47 mins

    Argentina 1-0 Australia

    Yikes, Argentina keeper Emiliano Martinez takes his time to clear the ball and he's closed down by Mitchell Duke. Luckily for the South Americans, the ball bounces to safety.