\nGroup J<\/strong><\/p>\n\nFollow all of Sunday’s action including live updates, highlights, results and analysis below.<\/em><\/p>\n\nLive<\/span>335 updates<\/span><\/header>\n\n\n\n\nMon, Jun 22, 2026 05:33 PM UTC<\/time><\/p>\nYahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n
Mon, Jun 22, 2026 06:22 PM UTC<\/time><\/p>\nNick Bromberg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n
Centerback Nicolas Otamendi is on for Cristian Romero<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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Mon, Jun 22, 2026 06:20 PM UTC<\/time><\/p>\nNick Bromberg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n
Sabitzer put the free kick on frame to force a diving save. That was the first shot on target all day for Austria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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Mon, Jun 22, 2026 06:18 PM UTC<\/time><\/p>\nNick Bromberg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n
Argentina had a free kick in a dangerous area, but Messi’s chip into the box didn’t result in a good chance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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Mon, Jun 22, 2026 06:10 PM UTC<\/time><\/p>\nNick Bromberg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n
Can Austria find an equalizer, or will Argentina put the game away in the second half like it did to Austria a week ago?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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Mon, Jun 22, 2026 05:55 PM UTC<\/time><\/p>\nNick Bromberg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n
Of course it was going to be Lionel Messi breaking the all-time World Cup goals record for Argentina’s first goal of the game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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Mon, Jun 22, 2026 05:49 PM UTC<\/time><\/p>\nNick Bromberg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n
The first half will feature seven minutes of added time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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Mon, Jun 22, 2026 05:39 PM UTC<\/time><\/p>\nNick Bromberg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n
Lionel Messi is now the all-time leading scorer in World Cup history. It was a wonderful one-touch shot with his left foot.<\/p>\n
1-0 Argentina.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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Mon, Jun 22, 2026 05:38 PM UTC<\/time><\/p>\nNick Bromberg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n
Argentina’s main attacking threats have been through balls through the middle of the park so far.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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Mon, Jun 22, 2026 05:34 PM UTC<\/time><\/p>\nNick Bromberg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n
Messi flicked a pass on for Enzo Fernandez, but Alexander Schlager got to it first. The rebound went off Schlager straight to Messi, but the shot was blocked by David Alaba<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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Argentina’s Lionel Messi reacts after missing a penalty kick. (REUTERS\/Hannah Mckay)<\/p>\n
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Mon, Jun 22, 2026 05:25 PM UTC<\/time><\/p>\nNick Bromberg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n
Here’s Messi’s second good chance of the game \u2026 though it wasn’t nearly as good an opportunity as the spot kick.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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Mon, Jun 22, 2026 05:20 PM UTC<\/time><\/p>\nNick Bromberg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n
Messi got the ball in the penalty area with a head of steam, but the chance fizzles as the ball is deflected wide. Had the ball bounced in, it likely would have been given as an own goal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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Mon, Jun 22, 2026 05:18 PM UTC<\/time><\/p>\nNick Bromberg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n
Austria has been comfortable going at Argentina early. That’s not surprising. Ralf Rangnick is not a coach who likes to have his teams absorb pressure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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Mon, Jun 22, 2026 05:15 PM UTC<\/time><\/p>\nNick Bromberg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n
Maybe this is a good omen for Argentina?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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With the a chance at the World Cup record on the line, Messi sends his shot wide right.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n
The stars will be out on Monday at the World Cup. After their thrilling debuts, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_animmysite_disable_animation":false,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/3ae947c4fb3e36da82fb06cfad7080385f9c4ce114aad81b43d5dd9443c19556\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w1200;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fd29szjachogqwa.cloudfront.net%2Fimages%2F2026-06%2F991095a0-631a-432f-af22-69f3b9939d4a","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending-sports-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}