Argentina v Austria, 22 June 2026

Score2-0 to Argentina
RefereeAmin Mohamed Omar
CompetitionFIFA World Cup Group J
VenueAT&T Stadium, Arlington TX
Attendance70,649

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Kick-off: 12.00pm local . FIFA World Ranking: Argentina 1st, Austria 24th . The two previous meetings were both international friendlies. Argentina won the first game 5-1 in Vienna in May 1980 and it featured Diego Maradona’s only international hat-trick.

2 Argentina

Manager: Lionel Scaloni

0 Austria

Manager: Ralf Rangnick

Goals:

Lionel Messi 38 G
Lionel Messi 90+5 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez
Defender Lisandro Martínez
Defender Facundo Medina
Defender Cristian Romero
Defender/Midfielder Nahuel Molina
Midfielder Thiago Almada
Midfielder Rodrigo De Paul
Midfielder Enzo Fernández
Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister
Midfielder/Forward Lionel Messi (captain)
Forward Lautaro Martínez

Starting lineup:

Alexander Schlager Goalkeeper
Stefan Posch Defender
David Alaba Defender/Midfielder (captain)
Kevin Danso Defender/Midfielder
Nicolas Seiwald Defender/Midfielder
Konrad Laimer Midfielder
Romano Schmid Midfielder
Michael Gregoritsch Midfielder/Forward
Marcel Sabitzer Midfielder/Forward
Xaver Schlager Midfielder/Forward
Paul Wanner Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Nicolás Otamendi for Cristian Romero 57
Julián Alvarez for Thiago Almada 64
Nico González for Lautaro Martínez 64
Leandro Paredes for Rodrigo De Paul 82
Nicolás Tagliafico for Facundo Medina 82

Substitutions:

Marko Arnautović for Paul Wanner 67
Marco Friedl for David Alaba 67
Alexander Prass for Stefan Posch 67
Patrick Wimmer for Romano Schmid 78
Carney Chukwuemeka for Michael Gregoritsch 85

Cards:

Facundo Medina 76 Y
Leandro Paredes 90+2 Y

Cards:

Stefan Posch 40 Y
Konrad Laimer 78 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Juan Musso
Goalkeeper Gerónimo Rulli
Defender Gonzalo Montiel
Defender Nicolás Otamendi
Defender Marcos Senesi
Defender Nicolás Tagliafico
Defender/Midfielder Valentín Barco
Defender/Midfielder Nico González
Midfielder Giovani Lo Celso
Midfielder Exequiel Palacios
Midfielder Leandro Paredes
Midfielder Nico Paz
Midfielder/Forward Julián Alvarez
Forward José Manuel López
Forward Giuliano Simeone

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Patrick Pentz
Goalkeeper Florian Wiegele
Defender David Affengruber
Defender Marco Friedl
Defender Philipp Lienhart
Defender/Midfielder Phillipp Mwene
Defender/Midfielder Alexander Prass
Defender/Midfielder Michael Svoboda
Defender/Midfielder Patrick Wimmer
Midfielder Florian Grillitsch
Midfielder Dejan Ljubicic
Midfielder Alessandro Schöpf
Midfielder/Forward Carney Chukwuemeka
Midfielder/Forward Saša Kalajdžić
Forward Marko Arnautović

Comments:

With his 17th and 18th goals, Lionel Messi had now become the all-time leading scorer in games played at the FIFA World Cup finals: previously 16 by Miroslav Klose of Germany. He had also equalled the all-time record of scoring in six consecutive FIFA World Cup games: also by Just Fontaine of France in Sweden in1958 and Brazil’s Jairzinho in Mexico in 1970. . La Selección now remained unbeaten in eight consecutive games at FIFA World Cup tournaments for the first time since reaching the Quarter-finals in South Africa in 2010 and, with a game to spare, had now qualified for the knockout stages of this tournament. . Argentina were awarded a penalty in the seventh minute following a VAR review for a foul. Lionel Messi missed the resulting spot-kick and, excluding shoot-outs, had now missed more penalties in games at FIFA World Cup tournaments than any other player (three).

Comments:

Austria failed in their attempt to win their first two games at a FIFA World Cup tournament for the first time since 1982 in Spain (1-0 versus Chile and 2-0 against Algeria). . They had now failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 11 games at FIFA World Cup finals. . Das Team failed in their attempt to win five consecutive ‘A’ international games for the second time in the last 13 months.

2 Argentina

Manager: Lionel Scaloni

Goals:

Lionel Messi 38 G
Lionel Messi 90+5 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez
Defender Lisandro Martínez
Defender Facundo Medina
Defender Cristian Romero
Defender/Midfielder Nahuel Molina
Midfielder Thiago Almada
Midfielder Rodrigo De Paul
Midfielder Enzo Fernández
Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister
Midfielder/Forward Lionel Messi (captain)
Forward Lautaro Martínez

Substitutions:

Nicolás Otamendi for Cristian Romero 57
Julián Alvarez for Thiago Almada 64
Nico González for Lautaro Martínez 64
Leandro Paredes for Rodrigo De Paul 82
Nicolás Tagliafico for Facundo Medina 82

Cards:

Facundo Medina 76 Y
Leandro Paredes 90+2 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Juan Musso
Goalkeeper Gerónimo Rulli
Defender Gonzalo Montiel
Defender Nicolás Otamendi
Defender Marcos Senesi
Defender Nicolás Tagliafico
Defender/Midfielder Valentín Barco
Defender/Midfielder Nico González
Midfielder Giovani Lo Celso
Midfielder Exequiel Palacios
Midfielder Leandro Paredes
Midfielder Nico Paz
Midfielder/Forward Julián Alvarez
Forward José Manuel López
Forward Giuliano Simeone

Comments:

With his 17th and 18th goals, Lionel Messi had now become the all-time leading scorer in games played at the FIFA World Cup finals: previously 16 by Miroslav Klose of Germany. He had also equalled the all-time record of scoring in six consecutive FIFA World Cup games: also by Just Fontaine of France in Sweden in1958 and Brazil’s Jairzinho in Mexico in 1970. . La Selección now remained unbeaten in eight consecutive games at FIFA World Cup tournaments for the first time since reaching the Quarter-finals in South Africa in 2010 and, with a game to spare, had now qualified for the knockout stages of this tournament. . Argentina were awarded a penalty in the seventh minute following a VAR review for a foul. Lionel Messi missed the resulting spot-kick and, excluding shoot-outs, had now missed more penalties in games at FIFA World Cup tournaments than any other player (three).

0 Austria

Manager: Ralf Rangnick

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Alexander Schlager Goalkeeper
Stefan Posch Defender
David Alaba Defender/Midfielder (captain)
Kevin Danso Defender/Midfielder
Nicolas Seiwald Defender/Midfielder
Konrad Laimer Midfielder
Romano Schmid Midfielder
Michael Gregoritsch Midfielder/Forward
Marcel Sabitzer Midfielder/Forward
Xaver Schlager Midfielder/Forward
Paul Wanner Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Marko Arnautović for Paul Wanner 67
Marco Friedl for David Alaba 67
Alexander Prass for Stefan Posch 67
Patrick Wimmer for Romano Schmid 78
Carney Chukwuemeka for Michael Gregoritsch 85

Cards:

Stefan Posch 40 Y
Konrad Laimer 78 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Patrick Pentz
Goalkeeper Florian Wiegele
Defender David Affengruber
Defender Marco Friedl
Defender Philipp Lienhart
Defender/Midfielder Phillipp Mwene
Defender/Midfielder Alexander Prass
Defender/Midfielder Michael Svoboda
Defender/Midfielder Patrick Wimmer
Midfielder Florian Grillitsch
Midfielder Dejan Ljubicic
Midfielder Alessandro Schöpf
Midfielder/Forward Carney Chukwuemeka
Midfielder/Forward Saša Kalajdžić
Forward Marko Arnautović

Comments:

Austria failed in their attempt to win their first two games at a FIFA World Cup tournament for the first time since 1982 in Spain (1-0 versus Chile and 2-0 against Algeria). . They had now failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 11 games at FIFA World Cup finals. . Das Team failed in their attempt to win five consecutive ‘A’ international games for the second time in the last 13 months.