{"id":1261347,"date":"2022-12-03T21:40:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T21:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/03\/2022-world-cup-argentina-edge-australia-to-reach-quarter-finals\/"},"modified":"2022-12-03T21:40:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T21:40:05","slug":"2022-world-cup-argentina-edge-australia-to-reach-quarter-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/03\/2022-world-cup-argentina-edge-australia-to-reach-quarter-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"2022\u00a0World Cup: Argentina edge Australia to reach quarter-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/3502327-71393708-2560-1440-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"Messi esulta per il gol in Argentina-Australia - Mondiali 2022 Image credit: Getty Images\" title=\"Messi esulta per il gol in Argentina-Australia - Mondiali 2022  Image credit: Getty Images\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Messi esulta per il gol in Argentina-Australia &#8211; Mondiali 2022<\/p>\n<p>Image credit: Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lionel Messi produced a moment of magic on his 1,000th career appearance as two-time champions Argentina beat Australia to reach the World Cup quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p>Messi, 35, was winning his 119th cap for his country and they needed his brilliance to take them through to the next round and a tantalising tie against the Netherlands on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina had barely threatened in the first half but Paris St-Germain\u2019s Messi stroked in a delightful low finish to spark wild celebrations from their fans.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The South American supporters had been on their feet singing all game and they had further delight when Julian Alvarez punished Mat Ryan\u2019s mistake to double their advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Australia had offered very little but surprisingly pulled one back with 13 minutes remaining when substitute Craig Goodwin\u2019s strike took a huge deflection off Enzo Fernandez.<\/p>\n<p>They could have levelled shortly after through Aziz Behich, whose incredible solo run took him past four players, but his shot was superbly blocked by Lisandro Martinez\u2019s sliding challenge as Argentina edged through.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"0zZNVAOpCzE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adom Trotro: Ghanaians share opinions on Farmer&#039;s Day - Premtobre Kasee (02-12-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0zZNVAOpCzE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Messi esulta per il gol in Argentina-Australia &#8211; Mondiali 2022 Image credit: Getty Images Lionel Messi produced a moment of magic on his 1,000th career appearance as two-time champions Argentina beat Australia to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. 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