1. L. Messi

   Penalty · L. Messi

   9

2. L. Messi

   Goal · F. Medina

   38
3. 40

   S. Posch

   Booking · Yellow Card

4. C. Romero

   Substitution · N. Otamendi

   57

★ The storyline

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Argentina are up and running

Argentina got the job done, 2–0 against Austria in the group stage. A good day at the office for ours — exactly the start you want, and the kind of result that makes the next one feel lighter.

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Argentina keep it tidy and take it

Argentina 2, Austria 0. A clean sheet and a comfortable win in the group stage — no fuss, no scare, exactly the sort of statement that puts a marker down for the rest of the field.

Why it matters

Ours are out — Argentina have a job to do in Group J.

Who to watch

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Lionel Messi

Argentina

Still the gravitational centre of this side, the man around whom every Argentine hope orbits.

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Konrad Laimer

Austria

The relentless engine at the heart of Rangnick's pressing machine — wherever the work needs doing, he's already there.

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Austria are through to the last 32

Austria are into the last 32. Job done in the group, and now the tournament really begins — one-and-done from here, every match a final.

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Argentina are through to the last 32

Argentina are into the last 32. Job done in the group, and now the tournament really begins — one-and-done from here, every match a final.

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Argentina bow out

And there it ends. Argentina fall to Spain, and a summer of following them is over. It stings now — but what a ride it was, and there's no shame in going out swinging.

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Argentina bow out

And there it ends. Argentina fall to Spain 1–0 in the final, and a summer of following them is over. It stings now — but what a ride it was, and there's no shame in going out swinging.

Teams out: Argentina 4-4-2 · Austria 4-2-3-1. Full lineups on the pitch in the Lineups tab.