The Argentine national team regained its balance and achieved its first victory in the “Qatar 2022” World Cup, at the expense of its Mexican counterpart, 2-0, in the second round of the third group of the group stage.

The match was held at Lusail Stadium, which is the stadium that hosted the first match of the "Tango" against Saudi Arabia (1-2) and will host the final confrontation of the 2022 World Cup.

Tens of thousands of supporters of the elected team marched to the stands of Lusail Stadium, to encourage the players to make up for what was missed in the first match, in the presence of the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad.

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And it was clear that the Mexican players depended on narrowing and closing the spaces on their "tango" counterparts, who seemed lost and unable to apply their style on the field.

The Mexico national team almost opened the score after a cross into the penalty area, which passed in front of all the players, to pass safely into the goal of Emiliano Martinez.

Martinez himself saved a direct free kick, Alexis Vega sent it wonderfully, but the Argentine goalkeeper picked it up from the situation flying brilliantly.

The first half between the two teams ended in a goalless draw, amid the Mexican players' success in imposing their style on the Copa America champions.

Revolution in the second half

After the break, 4 minutes, Eric Gutierrez, the Mexico player, received a yellow card after blocking Messi on the borders of the penalty area, so that the referee awarded a direct free kick, which the “flea” hit far from the goal frame.

But Messi succeeded in removing the pressure on himself first, and then on his colleagues, after he received a pass from his compatriot Angel Di Maria, outside the penalty area, and launched it powerfully creeping, which was only stopped by the net, scoring the first goal for Argentina in the 63rd minute.

🇦🇷⚽️Messi guides Argentina forward with a missile shot from outside the penalty area

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Messi raised the tally of goals in the World Cup to 8 goals, equal to the number of his compatriot, legend Diego Armando Maradona.

And the best player in the world needs 7 times (a record) for two goals in order to reach the number of his compatriot Gabriel Omar Batistuta, who scored ten goals, and 3 in order to be the only top scorer for Argentina in the World Cup.

Substitute Enzo Fernandez secured the "Tango" victory by scoring the second goal, after he got rid of the defender, before firing a wonderful shot, which settled to the left of veteran goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, 3 minutes before the end of the regular time.

With this result, the Argentine national team rose to second place in Group C, with 3 points, with a goal difference of only (+1) from the Saudi national team (-1), which fell to third place, after losing to Poland with two clean goals.

Poland is at the top of the same group with 4 points, while Mexico is at the bottom of the standings with one point, noting that the two qualification cards are still available to all four teams.

The matches of the third and final round of this group will be held next Wednesday, November 30, 2022.

On that day, the Argentina national team will play against Poland at Stadium 974, while the Lusail Stadium will host Saudi Arabia's match against Mexico.

In the event that the last two matches end in a tie, the qualification will be in favor of Poland in the lead (5 points), and Argentina (4 points), with a goal difference from the third Saudi Arabia (4 points).

As for the victory of any team, it will grant it the qualification card directly, and the decisive factor in determining the group leader may be the goal difference if Argentina beat Poland and Saudi Arabia beat Mexico.

This factor will also be influential in the event of Argentina's victory over Poland, and Mexico's victory over Saudi Arabia.