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Matchday 14 Live Blog: Socceroos face Argentina as Netherlands advance to quarters
Join us for Matchday 14 as we bring you the key moments and highlights from today's FIFA World Cup fixtures.
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FT - Argentina advance!
Argentina have secured their place in the quarter-finals after defeating the Australia 2-1 and will now face the Netherlands.
You can watch the replay, mini match and highlights from this fixture soon via our dedicated match hub, here: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/fifa-world-cup-2022-argentina
Argentina have secured their place in the quarter-finals after defeating the Australia 2-1 and will now face the Netherlands.
You can watch the replay, mini match and highlights from this fixture soon via our dedicated match hub, here: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/fifa-world-cup-2022-argentina
Full-time - Australia came so close!
Garang Kuol had his shot saved at the death by Agrentina's Martinez.
Australia left it all on the pitch and can be proud.
Australia left it all on the pitch and can be proud.
Goodwin gets the Socceroos back in it!
77' - Goodwin hits a loose ball first time from the top of the box - it looked a bit off-target but a wicked deflection took it in!
A huge mistake at the back for Australia gifts Alvarez
57' - Ryan is far too casual receiving a back pass and has the ball pinched - Alvarez collects and rolls it home for Argentina's second
The second half resumes
Australia need a plan of attack to get back in the game - let's see how Graham Arnold approaches the second half as the referee resumes the match
That's the half
Argentina dominated possession but Australia were able to move forward at times - Messi had the only big chance of the half and converted effortlessly to score his first World Cup knockouts goal.
Goal to Messi!
35' - Messi receives the ball in the box and calmly places his shot in the bottom corner.
He only needed one chance!
He only needed one chance!
Kick-off! Argentina v Australia in the Round of 16
We're under way! C'mon Socceroos!
Less than 10 minutes!
And Argentina:
Socceroos official team news
Head-to-Head: Argentina v Australia
· Argentina and Australia have met seven times before. Australia won the first edition and Argentina remained unbeaten afterwards with five wins and a draw.
· Australia's only win against Argentina was a 4-1 victory in a friendly on 14 July 1988. Paul Wade, Charlie Yankos (2) and Vlado Bozinoski netted for The Socceroos in that match, Oscar Ruggeri scored for Argentina. Graham Arnold played for Australia in that match.
· Argentina and Australia met in the intercontinental play-off in qualification for the 1994 World Cup. Argentina qualified thanks to a 1-1 draw in Australia and a 1-0 win in Argentina (Alex Tobin own goal). Arnold and his current assistant coach Tony Vidmar played in both matches.
· The most recent competitive match between these sides was in the 2005 Confederations Cup. Argentina won 4-2 in that group stage game thanks to a Luciano Figueroa hat-trick.
· Graham Arnold's Australia met Argentina in a friendly in Melbourne on 11 September 2007, the most recent meeting between these countries. Argentina, including a 20-year-old Lionel Messi, won 1-0 thanks to a Martín Demichelis goal.
· Graham Arnold also faced Argentina two times as coach of the Australian Olympic team. Argentina won 1-0 in 2008 (goal Ezequiel Lavezzi), Australia won 2-0 in 2021 (goals Marco Tilio and Lachlan Wales). Ángel Di María and Lionel Messi played in the 2008 match. Nathaniel Atkinson, Joel King, Harry Souttar, Marco Tilio, Mitchell Duke, Keanu Baccus, Thomas Deng, Riley McGree (Australia) and Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina) played in the 2021 match.
· Australia have never won a World Cup fixture against a CONMEBOL country (W0-D1-L3). All these matches came in the group stage, most recently versus Peru in 2018 (2-0 loss).
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· Australia's only win against Argentina was a 4-1 victory in a friendly on 14 July 1988. Paul Wade, Charlie Yankos (2) and Vlado Bozinoski netted for The Socceroos in that match, Oscar Ruggeri scored for Argentina. Graham Arnold played for Australia in that match.
· Argentina and Australia met in the intercontinental play-off in qualification for the 1994 World Cup. Argentina qualified thanks to a 1-1 draw in Australia and a 1-0 win in Argentina (Alex Tobin own goal). Arnold and his current assistant coach Tony Vidmar played in both matches.
· The most recent competitive match between these sides was in the 2005 Confederations Cup. Argentina won 4-2 in that group stage game thanks to a Luciano Figueroa hat-trick.
· Graham Arnold's Australia met Argentina in a friendly in Melbourne on 11 September 2007, the most recent meeting between these countries. Argentina, including a 20-year-old Lionel Messi, won 1-0 thanks to a Martín Demichelis goal.
· Graham Arnold also faced Argentina two times as coach of the Australian Olympic team. Argentina won 1-0 in 2008 (goal Ezequiel Lavezzi), Australia won 2-0 in 2021 (goals Marco Tilio and Lachlan Wales). Ángel Di María and Lionel Messi played in the 2008 match. Nathaniel Atkinson, Joel King, Harry Souttar, Marco Tilio, Mitchell Duke, Keanu Baccus, Thomas Deng, Riley McGree (Australia) and Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina) played in the 2021 match.
· Australia have never won a World Cup fixture against a CONMEBOL country (W0-D1-L3). All these matches came in the group stage, most recently versus Peru in 2018 (2-0 loss).
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Australia Stats
· Australia have reached the knockout phase of the World Cup for the second time in their sixth World Cup appearance, after 2006 (eliminated by Italy in the round of last 16).
· Australia won two of their three games at the 2022 World Cup, as many as they claimed in all their 16 World Cup matches prior to this year's tournament (W2-D4-L10).
· Australia won consecutive matches and kept consecutive clean sheets for the first time at the World Cup.
· Australia have yet to score in a World Cup knockout stage match, as they lost 1-0 to Italy in the round of last 16 in 2006.
· Australia qualified for the 2022 World Cup by beating Peru after a penalty shootout in the intercontinental play-off. Andrew Redmayne came on as a substitute in the 120th minute and became the hero by saving Peru's last penalty.
· Australia's last five World Cup goals were scored by players aged 30 or older. Only Portugal (7, 2018-2022) and Cameroon (6 in 1990) have had more consecutive World Cup goals scored by players over 30 years old.
· Mathew Leckie and Mathew Ryan have joined Mark Bresciano and Tim Cahill (all 9) in first place in Australia's leading World Cup appearance makers.
· Aaron Mooy, Jackson Irvine, Milos Degenek, Mitchell Duke and Aziz Behich are one yellow card away from suspension.
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· Australia won two of their three games at the 2022 World Cup, as many as they claimed in all their 16 World Cup matches prior to this year's tournament (W2-D4-L10).
· Australia won consecutive matches and kept consecutive clean sheets for the first time at the World Cup.
· Australia have yet to score in a World Cup knockout stage match, as they lost 1-0 to Italy in the round of last 16 in 2006.
· Australia qualified for the 2022 World Cup by beating Peru after a penalty shootout in the intercontinental play-off. Andrew Redmayne came on as a substitute in the 120th minute and became the hero by saving Peru's last penalty.
· Australia's last five World Cup goals were scored by players aged 30 or older. Only Portugal (7, 2018-2022) and Cameroon (6 in 1990) have had more consecutive World Cup goals scored by players over 30 years old.
· Mathew Leckie and Mathew Ryan have joined Mark Bresciano and Tim Cahill (all 9) in first place in Australia's leading World Cup appearance makers.
· Aaron Mooy, Jackson Irvine, Milos Degenek, Mitchell Duke and Aziz Behich are one yellow card away from suspension.
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Argentina Stats
· Argentina have reached the World Cup knockout stage for the ninth time in the last 10 World Cups. In this run, they only failed to survive the group phase in 2002.
· Argentina were eliminated in the round of last 16 match in the World Cup on three of the nine occasions, including a 4-3 loss to France in 2018.
· Argentina have won four of their five penalty shootouts at the World Cup, with a loss to Germany in the 2006 quarter-finals as the exception.
· Argentina's 2-1 loss versus Saudi Arabia is their only defeat in their last 39 matches (W27-D11-L1).
· The last time Argentina played an international match in December was 22 years ago, when they won 2-0 in a friendly against Mexico on 20 December 2000.
· Argentina's last three goals were scored by players aged under 24: Enzo Fernández (21), Alexis Mac Allister (23) and Julián Álvarez (22). Players aged under 24 years have scored four consecutive World Cup goals for Argentina on two occasions: five in 1978 and four between 1934 and 1958.
· Ángel Di María (2) is the only player in Argentina's squad who scored in a World Cup knockout stage match. Only Diego Maradona (4), Guillermo Stábile (3) and Carlos Peucelle (3) scored more knockout stage World Cup goals for Argentina.
· Gonzalo Montiel and Marcos Acuña are one yellow card away from suspension.
Lionel Messi
· This is set to be the 1000th senior appearance of Lionel Messi's career, for club and country. He has scored 788 goals in 999 games.
· Of Messi's 999 games, he played 168 for Argentina and 831 for club teams (778 FC Barcelona, 53 Paris Saint-Germain).
· Messi (99) can start for the 100th time as captain of Argentina.
· Messi (8) is joint-second alongside Guillermo Stábile and Diego Maradona (both 8) in Argentina's leading World Cup goalscorers, behind only Gabriel Batistuta (10).
· Messi has yet to score in a World Cup knockout match.
· Messi (22) has surpassed Diego Maradona (21) as Argentina's leading World Cup appearance maker. Messi can equal Paolo Maldini (23) for third-most World Cup games played, behind only Lother Matthäus (25) and Miroslav Klose (24).
· Messi scored 12 goals in his last seven matches for Argentina. The match versus Poland ended a six-match scoring streak for Messi.
· Messi (35 years old) can become the oldest player to score a goal for Argentina in the World Cup knockout stage. Roberto Ayala (33) currently holds the record, he scored against Germany in the 2006 quarter-finals.
· Messi netted a hat-trick against Mathew Ryan in FC Barcelona's 7-0 home win against Valencia in the 2015/16 Copa del Rey semi-finals.
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· Argentina were eliminated in the round of last 16 match in the World Cup on three of the nine occasions, including a 4-3 loss to France in 2018.
· Argentina have won four of their five penalty shootouts at the World Cup, with a loss to Germany in the 2006 quarter-finals as the exception.
· Argentina's 2-1 loss versus Saudi Arabia is their only defeat in their last 39 matches (W27-D11-L1).
· The last time Argentina played an international match in December was 22 years ago, when they won 2-0 in a friendly against Mexico on 20 December 2000.
· Argentina's last three goals were scored by players aged under 24: Enzo Fernández (21), Alexis Mac Allister (23) and Julián Álvarez (22). Players aged under 24 years have scored four consecutive World Cup goals for Argentina on two occasions: five in 1978 and four between 1934 and 1958.
· Ángel Di María (2) is the only player in Argentina's squad who scored in a World Cup knockout stage match. Only Diego Maradona (4), Guillermo Stábile (3) and Carlos Peucelle (3) scored more knockout stage World Cup goals for Argentina.
· Gonzalo Montiel and Marcos Acuña are one yellow card away from suspension.
Lionel Messi
· This is set to be the 1000th senior appearance of Lionel Messi's career, for club and country. He has scored 788 goals in 999 games.
· Of Messi's 999 games, he played 168 for Argentina and 831 for club teams (778 FC Barcelona, 53 Paris Saint-Germain).
· Messi (99) can start for the 100th time as captain of Argentina.
· Messi (8) is joint-second alongside Guillermo Stábile and Diego Maradona (both 8) in Argentina's leading World Cup goalscorers, behind only Gabriel Batistuta (10).
· Messi has yet to score in a World Cup knockout match.
· Messi (22) has surpassed Diego Maradona (21) as Argentina's leading World Cup appearance maker. Messi can equal Paolo Maldini (23) for third-most World Cup games played, behind only Lother Matthäus (25) and Miroslav Klose (24).
· Messi scored 12 goals in his last seven matches for Argentina. The match versus Poland ended a six-match scoring streak for Messi.
· Messi (35 years old) can become the oldest player to score a goal for Argentina in the World Cup knockout stage. Roberto Ayala (33) currently holds the record, he scored against Germany in the 2006 quarter-finals.
· Messi netted a hat-trick against Mathew Ryan in FC Barcelona's 7-0 home win against Valencia in the 2015/16 Copa del Rey semi-finals.
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FT - Netherlands advance!
The Netherlands have secured their place in the quarter-finals after defeating the USA 3-1 in Al-Rayyan.
You can watch the replay, mini match and highlights from this fixture via our dedicated match hub, here: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/fifa-world-cup-2022-netherlands
Thanks for following our live blog - we'll be back for Argentina v Australia shortly!
The Netherlands have secured their place in the quarter-finals after defeating the USA 3-1 in Al-Rayyan.
You can watch the replay, mini match and highlights from this fixture via our dedicated match hub, here: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/fifa-world-cup-2022-netherlands
Thanks for following our live blog - we'll be back for Argentina v Australia shortly!
Dumfries scores
81' - Dumfries restores two-goal lead
Daley Blind crosses the ball to Denzel Dumfries at the back post, and the Inter full-back guides it home to kill the USA's comeback hopes.
Daley Blind crosses the ball to Denzel Dumfries at the back post, and the Inter full-back guides it home to kill the USA's comeback hopes.
Wright scores
76' - Wright pulls one back!
Haji Wright scores with an incredible first touch to bring the USA back within a goal of the Netherlands.
Haji Wright scores with an incredible first touch to bring the USA back within a goal of the Netherlands.
Off the line
75' - A touch too heavy!
A poor pass from Memphis Depay allows Haji Wright to take the ball past Andries Noppert, but his touch is too heavy and the subsequent strike is cleared off the line.
A poor pass from Memphis Depay allows Haji Wright to take the ball past Andries Noppert, but his touch is too heavy and the subsequent strike is cleared off the line.
Second half starts
46' - USA begin second half
The Americans restart proceedings looking to get back in the match.
The Americans restart proceedings looking to get back in the match.
Half-time whistle blows
HT - The referee calls an end to the first half
The players head for the tunnel with the USA in a 2-0 hole. Denzel Dumfries has been superb for the Dutch!
The players head for the tunnel with the USA in a 2-0 hole. Denzel Dumfries has been superb for the Dutch!
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