ATLANTA — Both Argentina and Egypt recognize the importance of Tuesday’s World Cup Round of 16 match in Atlanta.
albiceleste They were pushed to the brink in the round of 32 by a Cape Verde team playing for the first time in the tournament. In the end, Argentina won 3-2, but now they will face another African team with more attacking power and an equal or greater defensive pressure.
“Egypt is a very good national team. They not only have players with great experience, but also a coach who has worked with us for many years,” Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said on Monday.
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After Egypt take on Australia in a penalty shootout, they will also be at full strength against Lionel Messi and Argentina. Imam Ashour scored the only goal for the Pharaohs in the round of 32, finding the back of the net in the 13th minute.
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Lionel Messi scored his 21st goal in the World Cup, leveling the score for Argentina.
In the 79th minute, defender Cristian Romero scored a free header to pull Argentina back into the game. It’s now 2-1.
The defending champions are still pushing for an equalizer against a determined Egyptian defense.
Mostafa Zico scored, including an end-to-end counter-attack, giving Egypt a 2-0 lead in the 67th minute, which the referee could not turn back.
Egypt looked to have scored and made it 2-0, but VAR intervened and called a foul on an Egyptian player about 100 yards from goal.
Lionel Messi and Argentina could not make it past the 10 minutes of the second half.
After beating Atlanta with 45 minutes remaining, Egypt brought on Hamdi Fathy in place of Imam Ashour.
The Pharaohs entered halftime with a 1-0 lead against defending champion Argentina. Lionel Messi also missed a penalty, making just four of his eight career World Cup matches, becoming the first player in history to miss twice in one tournament.
The Egyptian goalkeeper scored again, stopping Julian Alvarez’s shot from close range, and the Pharaohs maintained their lead in the 39th minute.
Argentina pressed even harder for an equalizer as Messi missed another penalty and tormented Egypt’s Mostafa Choubier, but had to make several big saves with two shots hitting the post.
Messi has missed yet another World Cup penalty, with Egyptian goalkeeper Mostafa Shobeir denying the Argentine his 21st World Cup goal. That would have made it even.
Egypt took the lead in the 15th minute with a header. Yasser Ibrahim! This is the first time Argentina has fallen behind in this tournament.
There wasn’t much action in the opening stages at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, but Argentina showed a few touches inside Egypt’s penalty area.
Things started in Atlanta for this Round of 16 match.
The game in Atlanta will kick off at 12:00 PM ET.
- GK: Emi Martinez
- DF: Nicolas Tagliafico
- DF: Lisandro Martinez
- DF: Cristian Romero
- DF: Nahuel Molina
- Midfielder: Leandro Paredes
- Midfielder: Rodrigo King Paul
- Midfielder: Alexis Mac Allister
- Midfielder: Enzo Fernandes
- FW: Lionel Messi
- Forward: Julian Alvarez
- GK: Mostafa Choubier
- DF: Yasser Ibrahim
- DF: Mohamed Hany
- DF: Ramy Rabia
- DF: Karim Hafez
- Midfielder: Imam Ashour
- Midfielder: Mostafa Zico
- Midfielder: Mohanad Rashin
- Midfielder: Marawan Attia
- FW: Mo Salah
- FW: Haisem Hassan
The Round of 16 games will be held at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
Seth Terny: Argentina 2-0 Egypt
Argentina will be on high alert going into this match as they suffered a big loss in their match against Cape Verde. Messi should be good enough to carry his team through against a team with a huge talent disadvantage.
john arnold: Argentina 3-0 Egypt
Albiceleste has enough experience and talent to understand what needs to change after the flat performance against Cape Verde. They will break through Egypt’s front line and secure a come-from-behind victory.
Jesse Yomtov: Argentina 2-0 Egypt
After defeating Cape Verde, Argentina is expected to play a low-stress match against an overwhelmingly inferior team, Egypt.
victoria hernandez: Argentina 3-0 Egypt
Argentina was probably as surprised as anyone by that match against Cape Verde. It gave them a reason to easily lock up and deal with Egypt.
round 16
- July 4: France vs. Paraguay – Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
- July 4: Morocco vs. Canada – Houston
- July 5: Norway vs. Brazil – East Rutherford
- 5th July: England v Mexico – Mexico City
- July 6: Spain vs. Portugal – Arlington
- July 6: Belgium vs. USA – Seattle
- July 7: Argentina vs Egypt – Atlanta – Buy Tickets
- July 7: Switzerland vs Colombia – Vancouver – Buy tickets
quarterfinals
- July 9: France vs. Morocco – Foxboro
- July 10: Spain vs. Belgium – Inglewood
- July 11: Norway vs. Egnardon – Miami
- July 11: ARG/EGY vs. SWI/COL – Kansas City
Semi-final
- July 14: Foxboro/Inglewood Winner – Arlington
- July 15: Winner of Miami/Kansas City – Atlanta
final
- July 19th at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey
Argentina has won the FIFA World Cup three times: in 1978, 1986 and 2022.
Lionel Messi will lead Argentina to become the third country in its history to win the World Cup in 2022.
Lionel Messi holds the record for most World Cup goals with 20, and will be tied for first with seven goals in four games in 2026.
The winner of Argentina vs. Egypt will face Switzerland or Colombia in the World Cup quarterfinals.
- 2022: Argentina
- 2018: France
- 2014: Germany
- 2010: Spain
- 2006: Italy
- 2002: Brazil
- 1998: France
- 1994: Brazil
- 1990: west germany
- 1986: Argentina
- 1982: Italy
- 1978: Argentina
- 1974: west germany
- 1970: Brazil
- 1966: england
- 1962: Brazil
- 1958: Brazil
- 1954: west germany
- 1950: Uruguay
- 1938: Italy
- 1934: Italy
- 1930: Uruguay
Argentina vs. Egypt kicks off Tuesday at 9 a.m. ET.
