Argentina beat Austria 2-0 in the group stage (Group J) match of the 2026 World Cup played on JUN 22 at AT&T Stadium (Arlington, USA), with a capacity of 70 649. Goals from L. Messi (38′), L. Messi (90′). Lionel Messi was named player of the match (rating 9.3).
🇺🇸 Arlington · USA · 70 649
Foto: Michael Barera / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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- 38'L. Messi· assist F. Medina
- 90+5'L. Messi
🟨 Cards
- 40'S. Posch
- 76'F. Medina
- 76'K. Laimer
- 90+2'L. Paredes
Line-ups
Argentina4-4-2
Coach: Lionel Scaloni
- 23Emiliano MartínezG
- 26Nahuel MolinaD
- 13Cristian RomeroD
- 6Lisandro MartínezD
- 25Facundo MedinaD
- 7Rodrigo De PaulM
- 20Alexis Mac AllisterM
- 24Enzo FernándezM
- 16Thiago AlmadaM
- 10Lionel MessiF
- 22Lautaro MartínezF
Substitutes
19 Nicolás Otamendi · 15 Nicolás González · 9 Julián Alvarez · 3 Nicolás Tagliafico · 5 Leandro Paredes · 1 Juan Musso · 12 Gerónimo Rulli · 2 Marcos Senesi · 4 Gonzalo Montiel · 8 Valentín Barco · 18 Nico Paz · 17 Giuliano Simeone · 11 Giovani Lo Celso · 14 Exequiel Palacios · 21 José Manuel López
Austria4-2-3-1
Coach: Ralf Rangnick
- 1Alexander SchlagerG
- 5Stefan PoschD
- 3Kevin DansoD
- 8David AlabaD
- 20Konrad LaimerD
- 6Nicolas SeiwaldM
- 4Xaver SchlagerM
- 18Romano SchmidM
- 24Paul WannerM
- 9Marcel SabitzerM
- 11Michael GregoritschF
Substitutes
23 Marco Friedl · 22 Alexander Prass · 7 Marko Arnautović · 21 Patrick Wimmer · 17 Carney Chukwuemeka · 13 Patrick Pentz · 12 Florian Wiegele · 2 David Affengruber · 25 Michael Svoboda · 15 Philipp Lienhart · 19 Dejan Ljubičić · 10 Florian Grillitsch · 26 Alessandro Schöpf · 16 Phillipp Mwene · 14 Saša Kalajdžić
Match stats
ArgentinaAustria
- 54%Possession46%
- 12Total shots6
- 5Shots on target1
- 1Corners3
- 13Fouls13
- 2Offsides0
- 1Saves2
- 89%Pass accuracy86%
- 2.65Expected goals (xG)0.50