Argentina vs Australia now live: World Cup Round of 16 starts with excitement
Created: 03/12/2022, 20:28
By: Alexander Kaindl
Lionel Messi and his Argentinians battle Australia for a place in the quarter-finals of the World Cup.
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Argentina is fighting Australia today for a place in the round of 16 of the 2022 World Cup. Is Lionel Messi any closer to his big goal?
The live ticker for the game.
Argentina 0-0 Australia (0-0)
World Cup 2022: In the second World Cup round of 16, one of the top favorites meets an outsider
Argentina vs Australia now live: World Cup Round of 16 starts with excitement
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28 minutes:
Australia is getting braver.
That doesn't mean it's more dangerous.
The underdog is still far too imprecise going forward.
Argentina 0-0 Australia (0-0)
Lineup Argentina: | E Martinez - Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Acuna - E Fernandez - de Paul, Mac Allister - Gomez, Messi, J Alvarez |
Lineup Australia: | Ryan - Degenek, Souttar, Rowles, Behich - Leckie, Mooy, Irvine, Baccus - McGree, Duke |
Gates: |
24 minutes:
Australia comes to its first corner.
But no danger.
22 minutes:
Australia pushes the ball in their own sixteen for almost a full minute.
It's clear what's behind it: get security, let Argentina run its course.
19 minutes:
Australia comes into the Argentine sixteen, but de Paul pushes Behich robustly.
17 minutes:
Gomez finishes!
But far beyond.
The Albiceleste has not yet found the gap in the multi-meshed Australian defense network.
15 minutes:
Irvine steps on Acuna's foot – yellow card for the Paulian.
15 minutes:
Unbelievable atmosphere here in the stadium!
It is sung throughout.
That was also the case in the preliminary round when Argentina or Australia played.
Maybe Germany will take an example from that.
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11 minutes:
It is the expected game.
Argentina have the ball, Australia have the knife between their teeth.
The Socceroos defend passionately here and are vehemently cheered on by coach Graham Arnold.
Argentina vs Australia now live: World Cup Round of 16 starts with excitement
4 minutes:
And excitement right from the start!
Was there a hand in it?
Gomez crosses in from the left and the ball catches in Baccus' hand.
But the VAR does not intervene - so everything is fine in this scene.
1st minute:
Let's go!
7:54 p.m .:
The teams come onto the lawn.
What a mood here!
Finally there is a World Cup atmosphere in Qatar.
7:51 p.m .:
The countdown is on!
It will start here in a few moments.
7:26 p.m .:
It starts in a good half hour and of course everything revolves around Lionel Messi before the game.
It should be the last world championship of the exceptional talent.
Will he crown himself at his last World Cup?
Update from December 3, 7:02 p.m.:
The lineups are here!
Angel Di Maria is actually out of action for Argentina, with Papu Gomez replacing him.
There is also a change at Australia with Keanu Baccus replacing Craig Goodwin in the starting XI.
Argentina vs Australia today in the live ticker
First report from December 3, 6:10 p.m.:
Al-Rajjan – The decisive games at the 2022 World Cup are coming up.
From now on it's win or fly!
On Saturday afternoon, the Netherlands had already progressed to the quarter-finals with a win against the USA.
In the evening (8 p.m.), Argentina, the next favorite for the title, wants to follow.
In the event of a win, Oranje would then wait in the next round – a real cracker.
World Cup 2022: Argentina against Australia in the live ticker today – confidence in the outsider
But the Australians are only too happy to prevent that.
The Socceroos surprisingly made it into the knockout stages, qualifying second behind France.
And thus sent Tunisia and Denmark home.
Before the duel with Argentina around superstar Lionel Messi, you are therefore self-confident and optimistic.
"Anything can happen," said coach Graham Arnold before the game.
It has nothing to do with disrespect for the Argentines.
“It's a battle of eleven yellow jerseys against eleven blue jerseys.
We'll do everything to win," said the 59-year-old.
"We can't just think about the opponent.
We respect him, but we also have to respect ourselves.”
Argentina fears for Ángel di María before the World Cup round of 16 against Australia
Argentina, meanwhile, remain concerned about the use of attacker Ángel di María, who is struggling with a thigh muscle strain.
"We hope he's fine and can play," said coach Lionel Scaloni.
His eleven would be the clear favorite even without di María.
Messi hopes for the big coup at this World Cup.
Midfielder Rodrigo de Paul warned his team-mates.
"We'll have the ball.
But we also have to think about defense when we're on the offensive," said the 28-year-old professional from Atlético Madrid.
Australia is a team with fast players on the wings.
"We have to be very careful," de Paul said.
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Argentina against Australia today in the live ticker: Messi vortex before the World Cup round of 16
Before the round of 16 there was an additional fuss about Messi: he received threats from a world boxing champion!
Canelo Álvarez has since apologized.
"In the last few days I have let myself be carried away by the passion and love for my country and have spoken inappropriately, for which I apologize to Messi and the Argentine people," Álvarez recently wrote on Twitter.
The pugilist was recently annoyed by a scene from the Argentinian dressing room.
Messi touched a Mexican jersey lying on the ground with a shoe while taking it off.
However, a video from the dressing room clearly shows that Messi is not looking down at the moment.
Álvarez, however, accused Messi of disrespect for his country.
"May he pray to God he doesn't meet me," wrote the multiple champion, among other things, in a veritable Twitter tirade.
Whether Álvarez will have to watch the Argentines and Messi win any longer remains to be seen tonight.
We accompany the game from 8 p.m. in the live ticker.
If you prefer to follow the round of 16 live on TV, we have summarized all broadcast information for the game between Argentina and Australia here.
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