The essential is except for Argentina.
Without shining, the Albiceleste composted its ticket for the quarter-finals by dismissing Australia on Saturday evening (2-1).
Ultra-favorite, the band of Lionel Messi relied on the talent of his magician, scorer on the evening of his 1000th career outing (35th).
His 9th goal at the World Cup, the first in the final phase.
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A historic evening for the "
Pulga
", which came close to the exceptional in sequences, which could not therefore end other than with a victory.
So Julian Alvarez took care to ensure it by taking advantage of an error by the Australian goalkeeper (57th).
And even if they were able to scare themselves after a goal that came out of nowhere, on a shot off target blocked in their goal by Enzo Fernandez (77th), Argentina have a good appointment in the quarter-finals with the Netherlands, as in the semi-final of the 2014 World Cup, won on penalties by the Argentinians.
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