{"id":765068,"date":"2026-06-28T04:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T04:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/765068\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T04:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T04:30:11","slug":"fifa-world-cup-2026-live-updates-messi-scores-as-argentina-beat-jordan-austria-equalise-at-the-death-against-algeria-dr-congo-join-portugal-and-colombia-in-knockout-stages-england-top-group-l-cro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/765068\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup 2026 LIVE updates: Messi scores as Argentina beat Jordan; Austria equalise at the death against Algeria; DR Congo join Portugal and Colombia in knockout stages; England top Group L, Croatia beat Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And brings his tournament tally to six goals. He\u2019s now scored in seven consecutive World Cup appearances, which is another record. To suggest there are some happy people in the stadium would be an understatement.<\/p>\n<p>This was a free kick. Messi had already taken one soon after coming on, though it did not hit its target. This one does. It\u2019s awarded after he\u2019s fouled some 20 metres from goal, and he bends it around the wall and past the watching keeper, who possibly could have gotten to it had he not been heading for the other direction and frozen on the spot.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan 1-3 Argentina, 80 minutes<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Messi takes the free kick.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/82af7daa4dd0844fd2b312e5b4702f9aca49a85d.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"\/>Messi takes the free kick.AP Photo\/Julio Cortez<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"It\u2019s heading for the gap.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/298818de8710a311acf963fb99cccd742c3e7f46.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"\/>It\u2019s heading for the gap.Getty Images<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"And out the other side of the wall.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/21dac64a70dc55bbfa2f0820fe26438c977521ca.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"\/>And out the other side of the wall.Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"And brings his tournament tally to six goals. He\u2019s now scored in seven consecutive World Cup appearances, which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":765069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-765068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=765068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/765069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=765068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=765068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}