{"id":394807,"date":"2022-11-26T20:33:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T01:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=394807"},"modified":"2022-11-27T04:57:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T09:57:48","slug":"messi-inspires-argentina-to-crucial-win-over-mexico","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/messi-inspires-argentina-to-crucial-win-over-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi inspires Argentina to crucial win over Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leo Messi produced a moment of magic to inspire Argentina to a vital 2-0 victory over Mexico in a pulsating Group C match at the 2022 World Cup on Saturday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Admin: Leo Messi scored again \ud83d\udcaa <\/p>\n<p>Graphic Designer: Say no more \ud83d\udcbb <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FIFAWorldCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#FIFAWorldCup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Qatar2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Qatar2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIFAWorldCup\/status\/1596761412013105152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The crucial win reignated La Albiceleste&#8217;s World Cup dream as they knew defeat at the Lusail Icon Stadium would end their hopes of reaching the knockout phase after an opening match&#8217;s shock loss to Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1jtxuc8-0 fWbzXg body-paragraph\">The Paris Saint-Germain forward ran towards Argentina\u2019s fans with outstretched arms before getting mobbed by his jubilant teammates after opening the score 19 minutes after the break with his side teetering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1jtxuc8-0 fWbzXg body-paragraph\">Messi, playing at a World Cup for a fifth time, looked emotional as he grabbed and shook his jersey, then blew a kiss to the crowd before whirling his arms.<\/p>\n<p>Substitute Enzo Fernandez doubled Argentina&#8217;s lead with a superb curling effort into the top corner three minutes from time as La Albiceleste got their World Cup campaign back on track.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ca\" dir=\"ltr\">A magical moment for Argentina \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7\u2728<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FIFAWorldCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#FIFAWorldCup<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Qatar2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Qatar2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIFAWorldCup\/status\/1596797490610798592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Messi&#8217;s 21st appearance in the World Cup matched the iconic Diego Armando Maradona and the second goal&#8217;s assist made him the first player to provide at five different World Cups with another display to enhance his legacy further.<\/p>\n<p>Win over Poland assures the 35-year-old Messi will have one more game in what could be his last World Cup\u00a0while a draw and other results going their way will also see Argentina into the Round of 16.<\/p>\n<p>The Mexicans have yet to score in Qatar, their streak of eight straight knockout stage appearances in serious jeopardy.<\/p>\n<p>El Tri need a win over Saudi Arabia and hope Argentina don&#8217;t get a result against Poland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leo Messi produced a moment of magic to inspire Argentina to a vital 2-0 victory over Mexico in a pulsating Group C match [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4224,"featured_media":394808,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16946,16898],"news_category":[14235,14236,16671,14084],"gn_keywords":[],"acf":{"announce":"The 35-year-old scored with a delightful shot to give La Albiceleste's lead in the second half","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/394807"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/394807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394807"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=394807"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=394807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}