Messi rescues Argentina with equaliser against Egypt
FIFA WC26
3-2
Finished
3-2
Finished
Key moments
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15'
Goal
YASSER IBRAHIM (Egypt) scores!! -
21'
Yellow card
SAAFAN ELSAGHIR (Staff) (Egypt) is booked -
67'
Goal
MOSTAFA ZICO (Egypt) scores!! -
79'
Goal
Cristian ROMERO (Argentina) scores!! -
83'
Goal
Lionel MESSI (Argentina) scores!! -
90'+2'
Goal
Enzo FERNANDEZ (Argentina) scores!! -
90'+3'
Yellow card
MOSTAFA SHOUBIR (Egypt) is booked by -
90'+4'
Yellow card
HAMDY FATHY (Egypt) is booked by -
90'+4'
Red card
SAAFAN ELSAGHIR (Staff) (Egypt) is sent -
90'+8'
Yellow card
MARAWAN ATTIA (Egypt) is booked by -
90'+9'
Yellow card
HOSSAM HASSAN (Egypt) is booked by -
90'
Yellow card
HAISSEM HASSAN (Egypt) is booked by
Squads
Argentina squad
- Selected
-
3 Nicolas TAGLIAFICO
Defender -
5 Leandro PAREDES
Midfielder -
6 Lisandro MARTINEZ
Defender -
7 Rodrigo DE PAUL
Midfielder -
9 Julian ALVAREZ
Forward -
10 Lionel MESSI
C Forward -
13 Cristian ROMERO
Defender -
20 Alexis MAC ALLISTER
Midfielder -
23 Emiliano MARTINEZ
Goalkeeper -
24 Enzo FERNANDEZ
Midfielder -
26 Nahuel MOLINA
Defender -
1 Juan MUSSO
Goalkeeper -
2 Marcos SENESI
Defender -
4 Gonzalo MONTIEL
Defender -
8 Valentin BARCO
Midfielder -
11 Giovani Lo Celso
Midfielder -
12 Geronimo RULLI
Goalkeeper -
14 Exequiel PALACIOS
Midfielder -
15 Nico GONZALEZ
Midfielder -
16 Thiago ALMADA
Forward -
17 Giuliano SIMEONE
Forward -
18 Nico PAZ
Forward -
19 Nicolas OTAMENDI
Defender -
21 Jose Manuel LOPEZ
Forward -
22 Lautaro MARTINEZ
Forward -
25 Facundo MEDINA
Defender
Egypt squad
- Selected
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2 YASSER IBRAHIM
Defender -
3 MOHAMED HANY
Defender -
5 RAMY RABIA
Defender -
8 EMAM ASHOUR
Midfielder -
10 MOHAMED SALAH
C Forward -
11 MOSTAFA ZICO
Midfielder -
12 Haissem HASSAN
Forward -
15 KARIM HAFEZ
Defender -
17 MOHANAD LASHIN
Midfielder -
19 MARAWAN ATTIA
Midfielder -
23 MOSTAFA SHOUBIR
Goalkeeper -
1 MOHAMED ELSHENAWY
Goalkeeper -
4 HOSSAM ABDELMAGUID
Defender -
7 TREZEGUET
Forward -
9 HAMZA ABDELKARIM
Forward -
14 HAMDY FATHY
Midfielder -
16 MAHDY SOLIMAN
Goalkeeper -
18 NABIL DONGA
Midfielder -
20 IBRAHIM ADEL
Forward -
21 MAHMOUD SABER
Midfielder -
22 OMAR MARMOUSH
Forward -
24 TAREK ALAA
Defender -
25 ZIZO
Forward -
26 MOHAMED ALAA
Goalkeeper - Full squad
-
6 MOHAMED ABDELMONEIM
Defender -
13 AHMED FATOUH
Defender
Lionel Messi scored a late equaliser for Argentina against Egypt to level their FIFA World Cup 2026 match at 2-2, played in Atlanta. The goal rescued a point for Argentina in a closely contested fixture, underlining Messi's continued influence for his national side at the tournament.
Egypt had pushed Argentina to the brink before Messi intervened in the closing stages to secure the draw. The moment was captured in BBC Sport video coverage of the match, part of its wider FIFA World Cup 2026 highlights, which is available to UK users only.
- Messi scored a late equaliser to make it 2-2.
- Argentina drew with Egypt in Atlanta.
- Match featured at FIFA World Cup 2026.