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Argentina vs Egypt: match report

Argentina hosted Egypt at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Tuesday 7 July 2026, in the World Cup. Francois Letexier is the referee.

Result and scorers

Argentina 3-2 Egypt. Goals: Yasser Ibrahim 15' for Egypt; Mostafa Zico 67' for Egypt; Cristian Romero 79' for Argentina; Lionel Messi 83' for Argentina; Enzo Fernández 90'+2' for Argentina. Attendance: 68,239.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 15' Goal: Yasser Ibrahim (Egypt) 0-1
  • 21' Missed penalty: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
  • 67' Goal: Mostafa Zico (Egypt) 0-2
  • 79' Goal: Cristian Romero (Argentina) 1-2
  • 83' Goal: Lionel Messi (Argentina) 2-2
  • 90'+2' Goal: Enzo Fernández (Argentina) 3-2
  • 90'+3' Yellow card: Mostafa Shoubir (Egypt)
  • 90'+4' Yellow card: Hamdy Fathy (Egypt)
  • 90'+8' Yellow card: Marawan Attia (Egypt)
  • 90'+12' Yellow card: Haissem Hassan (Egypt)
Match stats (contains the result)
63.6%Possession36.4%
19Shots5
7Shots on target2
6Corners1
13Fouls11
3Offsides0
0Saves4
0Yellow cards4
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Argentina 4-1-2-1-2

Coach: Lionel Scaloni

  1. 23 Emiliano Martínez GK
  2. 26 Nahuel Molina DEF
  3. 13 Cristian Romero DEF
  4. 6 Lisandro Martínez DEF
  5. 3 Nicolás Tagliafico DEF
  6. 5 Leandro Paredes MID
  7. 7 Rodrigo De Paul MID
  8. 20 Alexis Mac Allister MID
  9. 24 Enzo Fernández MID
  10. 10 Lionel Messi FWD
  11. 9 Julián Álvarez FWD

Bench

  • 15 Nicolás González MID
  • 22 Lautaro Martínez FWD
  • 4 Gonzalo Montiel DEF
  • 25 Facundo Medina DEF
  • 19 Nicolás Otamendi DEF
  • 12 Gerónimo Rulli GK
  • 1 Juan Musso GK
  • 2 Marcos Senesi DEF
  • 14 Exequiel Palacios MID
  • 11 Giovani Lo Celso MID
  • 17 Giuliano Simeone MID
  • 18 Nico Paz MID
  • 16 Thiago Almada MID
  • 8 Valentín Barco MID
  • 21 José López FWD

Egypt 4-4-2

Coach: Hossam Hassan

  1. 23 Mostafa Ahmed Shobeir GK
  2. 3 Mohamed Hany DEF
  3. 2 Yasser Ibrahim DEF
  4. 5 Rami Rabia DEF
  5. 15 Karim Hafez DEF
  6. 12 Haissem Hassan FWD
  7. 17 Mohanad Lasheen MID
  8. 19 Marwan Ateya MID
  9. 8 Emam Ashour MID
  10. 10 Mohamed Salah FWD
  11. 11 Mostafa Ziko FWD

Bench

  • 14 Hamdi Fathi MID
  • 7 Trezeguet FWD
  • 22 Omar Marmoush FWD
  • 25 Zizo FWD
  • 16 Al Mahdi Soliman GK
  • 26 Mohamed Alaa GK
  • 1 Mohamed El Shenawy GK
  • 4 Hossam Abdelmaguid DEF
  • 24 Tarek Alaa DEF
  • 21 Mahmoud Saber MID
  • 18 Nabil Dunga MID
  • 9 Hamza Abdelkarim FWD
  • 20 Ibrahim Adel FWD
Previous meetings
  • Wednesday 26 March 2008: Egypt 0-2 Argentina