Argentina Advances As Messi Scores In His 1,000th Game

Argentina defeated Australia to advance to the World Cup quarterfinals after Lionel Messi had a magical performance in his 1,000th career game.

Messi, 35, was making his 119th appearance for his nation, and they relied on his skill to get them past the first round and into Friday’s tantalizing match against the Netherlands.

Messi of Paris St. Germain scored a superb first-time goal to send Argentina’s supporters into a frenzy after they had hardly threatened in the first half.

The South American fans had been cheering the entire game and were much happier when Julian Alvarez doubled their lead by making up for Mat Ryan’s error.

Despite having provided virtually little, Australia managed to draw level with 13 minutes left when replacement Craig Goodwin’s shot got a significant deflection off Enzo Fernandez.

Soon after, Aziz Behich’s spectacular single run gave them a chance to tie the score, but Lisandro Martinez’s sliding challenge expertly stopped it as Argentina narrowly prevailed.

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