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Argentina vs Austria: match report

Argentina hosted Austria at AT&T Stadium on Monday 22 June 2026, in the World Cup (round 2). Amin Omar is the referee.

Result and scorers

Argentina 2-0 Austria. Goals: Lionel Messi 38' for Argentina; Lionel Messi 90'+5' for Argentina. Attendance: 70,649.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 9' Missed penalty: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
  • 38' Goal: Lionel Messi (Argentina) 1-0
  • 40' Yellow card: Stefan Posch (Austria)
  • 76' Yellow card: Facundo Medina (Argentina)
  • 76' Yellow card: Konrad Laimer (Austria)
  • 90'+2' Yellow card: Leandro Paredes (Argentina)
  • 90'+5' Goal: Lionel Messi (Argentina) 2-0
Match stats (contains the result)
53.6%Possession46.4%
12Shots6
5Shots on target1
1Corners3
13Fouls13
2Offsides0
1Saves2
2Yellow cards2
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Argentina 4-4-2

Coach: Lionel Scaloni

  1. 23 Emiliano Martínez GK
  2. 26 Nahuel Molina DEF
  3. 13 Cristian Romero DEF
  4. 6 Lisandro Martínez DEF
  5. 25 Facundo Medina DEF
  6. 7 Rodrigo De Paul MID
  7. 20 Alexis Mac Allister MID
  8. 24 Enzo Fernández MID
  9. 16 Thiago Almada MID
  10. 10 Lionel Messi FWD
  11. 22 Lautaro Martínez FWD

Bench

  • 19 Nicolás Otamendi DEF
  • 15 Nicolás González MID
  • 9 Julián Álvarez FWD
  • 3 Nicolás Tagliafico DEF
  • 5 Leandro Paredes MID
  • 12 Gerónimo Rulli GK
  • 1 Juan Musso GK
  • 4 Gonzalo Montiel DEF
  • 2 Marcos Senesi DEF
  • 14 Exequiel Palacios MID
  • 11 Giovani Lo Celso MID
  • 17 Giuliano Simeone MID
  • 18 Nico Paz MID
  • 8 Valentín Barco MID
  • 21 José López FWD

Austria 4-2-3-1

Coach: Ralf Rangnick

  1. 1 Alexander Schlager GK
  2. 5 Stefan Posch DEF
  3. 3 Kevin Danso DEF
  4. 8 David Alaba DEF
  5. 20 Konrad Laimer DEF
  6. 6 Nicolas Seiwald MID
  7. 4 Xaver Schlager MID
  8. 18 Romano Schmid MID
  9. 24 Paul Wanner MID
  10. 9 Marcel Sabitzer MID
  11. 11 Michael Gregoritsch FWD

Bench

  • 23 Marco Friedl DEF
  • 22 Alexander Prass MID
  • 7 Marko Arnautovic FWD
  • 21 Patrick Wimmer FWD
  • 17 Carney Chukwuemeka MID
  • 12 Florian Wiegele GK
  • 13 Patrick Pentz GK
  • 2 David Affengruber DEF
  • 25 Michael Svoboda DEF
  • 15 Philipp Lienhart DEF
  • 26 Alessandro Schöpf MID
  • 19 Dejan Ljubicic MID
  • 10 Florian Grillitsch MID
  • 16 Phillipp Mwene MID
  • 14 Sasa Kalajdzic FWD