Tears of relief? Messi adds another incredible chapter to World Cup career

BBC Sport · 3 hours ago

Argentina
3

FIFA WC26
3-2
Finished

Egypt
2

Key moments

1. 15'
   Goal
   YASSER IBRAHIM (Egypt) scores!!
2. 21'
   Yellow card
   SAAFAN ELSAGHIR (Staff) (Egypt) is booked
3. 67'
   Goal
   MOSTAFA ZICO (Egypt) scores!!
4. 79'
   Goal
   Cristian ROMERO (Argentina) scores!!
5. 83'
   Goal
   Lionel MESSI (Argentina) scores!!
6. 90'+2'
   Goal
   Enzo FERNANDEZ (Argentina) scores!!
7. 90'+3'
   Yellow card
   MOSTAFA SHOUBIR (Egypt) is booked by
8. 90'+4'
   Yellow card
   HAMDY FATHY (Egypt) is booked by
9. 90'+4'
   Red card
   SAAFAN ELSAGHIR (Staff) (Egypt) is sent
10. 90'+8'
    Yellow card
    MARAWAN ATTIA (Egypt) is booked by
11. 90'+9'
    Yellow card
    HOSSAM HASSAN (Egypt) is booked by
12. 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
• 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

Argentina great Lionel Messi sheds tears as they fight back to beat Egypt and reach the World Cup quarter-finals.

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