{"id":2633,"date":"2026-07-07T21:26:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T21:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/?p=2633"},"modified":"2026-07-07T21:26:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T21:26:26","slug":"lionel-messi-leads-incredible-argentina-comeback-to-defeat-egypt-3-2-and-secure-last-eight-place-as-it-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/lionel-messi-leads-incredible-argentina-comeback-to-defeat-egypt-3-2-and-secure-last-eight-place-as-it-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi leads incredible Argentina comeback to defeat Egypt 3-2 and secure last-eight place: As it happened!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Argentina<\/strong>\u00a0launched an amazing late comeback to defeat\u00a0<strong>Egypt<\/strong>\u00a03-2 on Tuesday (7 July) to take their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/news\/fifa-world-cup-2026-bracket-quarter-finals-full-schedule-live-updates\">place in the quarter-finals<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/sport-events\/2026-fifa-football-world-cup\">FIFA World Cup 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/izxvmj7pv9mr74x3xgug.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/izxvmj7pv9mr74x3xgug.avif 860w, https:\/\/skychatz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/izxvmj7pv9mr74x3xgug-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skychatz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/izxvmj7pv9mr74x3xgug-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Egypt looked on course for a last-eight slot after taking a 2-0 lead in the second half but Argentina fought back with just 11 minutes remaining, scoring three goals in dramatic fashion to the delight of their adoring fans, including a record-extending 21st FIFA World Cup finals goal from\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/lionel-messi\">Lionel Messi<\/a><\/strong>, who had earlier missed from the penalty spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was the third encounter between these two nations and the first on this stage. Argentina won both of those games, the first an Olympic semi-final at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/olympic-games\/amsterdam-1928\">Amsterdam 1928<\/a>, and the second a friendly in 2008.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Catch up on all the action below from Argentina versus Egypt in the World Cup round of 16.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Argentina\u00a0launched an amazing late comeback to defeat\u00a0Egypt\u00a03-2 on Tuesday (7 July) to take their\u00a0place in the quarter-finals\u00a0of the\u00a0FIFA World Cup 2026. Egypt looked on course for a last-eight slot after taking a 2-0 lead in the second half but Argentina fought back with just 11 minutes remaining, scoring three goals in dramatic fashion to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2635,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2633\/revisions\/2635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}