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Nick Ames<\/p>\n
Give him half an hour and he will leave a mark that lasts for ever. Lionel Messi\u2019s arrival from the bench had preoccupied the overwhelming majority of those under this vast roof, to the extent that the play before it felt almost self-consciously like a prelude. There was no risk, no edge, to an encounter between two sides who knew their fates so why not bask in seeing a little more history being made?<\/p>\n
Messi knew better than to disappoint. He had been wayward with a free-kick after coming on but, when he won a second 22 yards from goal, the outcome seemed predestined. A whip around the wall, an inordinate amount of bend that saw the ball finish in an almost central position, and the Jordan keeper Yazeed Abulaila could only look on. A sixth goal in three games; a 19th in World Cup<\/a> football; a first since turning 39. Keep track of the milestones and then get ready for more, because Messi just keeps them coming.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The round of 32 begins in just under 15 hours\u2019 time with South Africa v Canada<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The group stage is done and dusted, and this is how the last 32 shapes up. The fixtures are listed according to the World Cup<\/a> bracket, not the order in which they\u2019ll be played.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a000.08 EDT<\/p>\n Full time: Algeria 3-3 Austria<\/p>\n A result that puts both teams through to the knockout stage, but you can\u2019t really accuse them of collusion after a veritable nerve-shredder.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Full time: Jordan 1-3 Argentina<\/p>\n The holders move into the last 32 with another comfortable victory. Lionel Messi came off the bench to score the third goal, his sixth of the tournament and his 19th in a World Cup<\/a> finals, but never mind all that because AUSTRIA HAVE EQUALISED IN ADDED TIME!<\/p>\n Dear me, what a game.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a000.00 EDT<\/p>\n 90+4 min A late twist in Kansas, where Riyad Mahrez has scored his second goal to make it Algeria 3-2 Austria. I think that means Austria are on the way out and Iran will go through to face Switzerland.<\/p>\n Revenge wears no wristwatch<\/a>.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min Five minutes of added time.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 89 min: Jordan<\/a> substitutions Mohammad Abu Zrayq and Salim Obaid replace Abu Dahab, who is being stretchered off after a seemingly innocuous collision with Barco, and Ali Olwan.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 86 min A shot from Lopez takes a deflection and spins just wide of the far post. The third goal has flattened Jordan<\/a>, who are 2-1 still had legitimate hope of an equaliser.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 82 min Jose Manuel Lopez replaces Julian Alvarez.<\/p>\n That goal takes Messi to 19 in World Cups, three clear of Kylian Mbappe and Miroslav Klose. Fourteen of the 19 have come during the group stage, not that Messi will or should care.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Jordan 1-3 Argentina (Messi 80)<\/p>\n Lionel Messi has scored his sixth goal of the World Cup\u2026 already!<\/p>\n Messi was fouled 25 yards from goal and there was a sense of inevitability about what happened next. It wasn\u2019t his greatest free-kick, curled low and nowhere near the corner, but Abulaila wrongfooted himself and the ball rolled into the net.<\/p>\n Messi has scored in seven successive World Cup games, another record to add to the list.<\/p>\n Lionel Messi does it again. Photograph: Carl Recine\/Getty Images Photograph: David Ramos\/Getty Images Photograph: Luke Hales\/Getty Images Photograph: David Ramos\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a023.48 EDT<\/p>\n 76 min: Jordan<\/a> substitution Amer Jamous comes on for Nizar al-Rashdan.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 73 min A reminder that Argentina<\/a> will play Cape Verde in Miami on Friday. And they\u2019ll want to play better than this have in the second half of this game.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 71 min: Argentina<\/a> substitution Giuliano Simeone is replaced by Valentin Barco, once of Brighton.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 68 min Let\u2019s all enjoy some hydration.<\/p>\n Argentina haven\u2019t really got going in the second half so perhaps the break will do them good.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a023.31 EDT<\/p>\n 65 min Messi curls the free-kick over the wall and over the bar.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 64 min Mac Allister is fouled 30 yards from goal by al-Arab, who is booked. Otamendi is over the free-kick.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 62 min Algeria have equalised for the second time against Austria.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 60 min: Triple substitution for Argentina<\/a> Lionel Messi, Thiago Almada and Alexis Mac Allister replace Giovani Lo Celso. Lautaro Martinez and Nico Paz.<\/p>\n Lionel Messi<\/a>Here comes the cavalry. Photograph: David Ramos\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a023.47 EDT<\/p>\n 57 min Austria are back in front against Algeria, which means Iran are going through as it stands.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 56 min Al-Taamari was involved at the start of the move with some neat link play. When the ball was moved out to the right, he headed straight for the penalty box. Good thing he did: Haddad\u2019s cross was impossible to defend and al-Taamari had a tap-in at the far post.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Jordan 1-2 Argentina (al-Taamari 55)<\/p>\n A lovely moment from the substitute Musa al-Taamari, who runs onto a devastating low cross from Ehsan Haddad and forces the ball past Emi Martinez! Jordan have now scored in all three games on their World Cup<\/a> debut.<\/p>\n Mousa Al Tamari scores for Jordan! Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach\/Reuters Photograph: Luke Hales\/Getty Images Photograph: H\u00e9ctor Vivas\/FIFA\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a023.21 EDT<\/p>\n 55 min Lionel Messi is getting ready to come on. Meanwhile\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a>53 min: Martinez hits the bar<\/p>\n Martinez has got the taste. He whips an extravagant curler from distance that pings the top of the crossbar, though I think Abulaila had it covered.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 51 min Lo Celso plays a cute through pass to Lautaro Martinez, who is shaping to shoot when Abu Taha makes a terrific sliding challenge.<\/p>\n Jordan break and al-Taamari wafts over the bar from the edge of the area. That was halt a chance.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 48 min For the second time tonight, Giovani Lo Celso has a goal disallowed. This time it was for offside against Lautaro Martinez, the man who made the goal that wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n Photograph: Issei Kato\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a023.14 EDT<\/p>\n 46 min Argentina get the second half under way.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Double substituion for Jordan<\/a> Musi al-Taamari and Mahmoud al-Mardi replace Ali Azaizeh and Odeh al-Fakhouri.<\/p>\n Musa al-Taamari<\/a>Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a023.09 EDT<\/p>\n More half-time reading<\/p>\n Some gems in here. I implore you to check out Lefter K\u00fcc\u00fckandonyadis\u2019s thunderbolt for Turkey against South Korea in Geneva in 1954.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Half-time reading<\/p>\n