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Messi, Fernandez goals guide Argentina to a 2-0 win over Mexico
On Saturday, in the last match of the day, Argentina, which lost their first match to Saudi Arabia, scored in the 64th minute through Lionel Messi to register their first win and three points. La Albiceleste struck a second time in the match through a gem of a goal from Endo Fernandez with three minutes left for the normal period of play to end.
FIFA World Cup: Poland keep their hopes on track with 2-0 win over Saud Arabia
Piotr Zielinski gave the Poles the lead in the 39th minute while Robert Lewandowski added the second for his team in the 82nd time. Saudi Arabia, who had rallied from a goal down to pull off a shocking 2-1 win over former champions Argentina, could not repeat the same magic and thus will have to consider the result of the other match taking place on Saturday evening between Argentina and Mexico and accordingly plan for the final match against Mexico.
FIFA World Cup: Australia keep their hopes alive with 1-0 win over Tunisia
In the Group D match played at Al Janoub Stadium on Saturday, Duke produced the only goal of the match in the 23rd-minute strike and helped the Socceroos' to collect their first points of the football showpiece event. Duke, who plays his club football for ?Fagiano Okayama in Japan's second tier, converted Craig Goodwin's left-wing cross which sent the Australian supporters into a celebration mood. The Socceroos' had to withstand some late pressure to secure a win and head into their final Group D clash with Denmark with all to play for.
FIFA World Cup: Stoppage time goals help Iran defeat Wales 2-0
Iran scored twice deep into stoppage time to stay in the World Cup and spoil Gareth Bale's record 110th cap for his country. A long-range effort by Cheshmi in the eight minutes into added time gave Iran the lead while Rezaeian coolly made it 2-0, three minutes from the second goal.
Ronaldo scores as Portugal begin campaign with a 3-2 win over Ghana
Ronaldo scored from the spot 20 minutes into the second half thus becoming the first man to score in five World Cups. The Ghanians refused to throw in the towel and bounced back with a goal from A. Ayew in the 73rd minute. The joy was short lived as Felix got his name on the scorers' list five minutes later giving Portugal the lead, making it 2-1.
World Cup 2022: South Korea hold Uruguay as La Celeste hit post twice
Watched by a vibrant crowd at the Education City Stadium both teams had plenty of attacking quality on show but nothing could separate the two at the end of the 90-minute and had to settle for a point each in the group which consists of Ghana and Portugal.
Batshuayi's strike fires Belgium to win over Canada
The 29-year-old Fenerbahce striker gave the European side the lead on the stroke of halftime when he thumped a first-time effort into the far corner following a counterattack. Canada were denied an early lead by Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who dived low to his right to keep out an Alphonso Davies' penalty, reports Xinhua.
FIFA World Cup: Messi scores but Saudi Arabia shock Argentina 2-1 in Group C opener
On Tuesday, none of the 88,012 spectators at the Losail stadium, the arena which will host the final on December 18, had the faintest of thoughts of the Asian minnows upstaging their famous rivals when the match kicked off. But in the end, an upset result did happen, with Saudi Arabia walking away with full points thanks to goals from Saleh Al and Salem Al Dawsari.
Gareth Bale's late penalty is a game-changer, says coach Page
During the post-match press conference held at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium on Tuesday, Page said it was important not to lose the first game. "The first game is important for us. We kept a draw, and now we just focus on the next game," he said, adding that the Red Dragons showed character and determination to come back and get a point.
World Cup 2022: European teams give up plan to wear 'OneLove' armbands after FIFA hardens sanctions rules
In a meeting with European soccer federations, the world soccer governing body FIFA has raised the prospect of yellow cards if the teams or any other players that pledged to wear the armband. The new regulations came hours before England's Harry Kane, the Netherlands' Virgil van Dijk and Wales' Gareth Bale were due to wear the armbands in Monday's games.
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