Beijing News On December 1, Beijing time, the third round of competition for Group C of the 2022 Qatar World Cup ended, and Argentina won the top spot in the group. So far, 10 seats in the top 16 places in the World Cup have been generated. This set of data is worth reviewing on the past match day.
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Argentina defeated Poland 2-0, and advanced to the top of the World Cup as the group leader. After losing to , Saudi Arabia 6 in the first game, Argentina won two consecutive victories to advance to the knockout stage. According to statistics, Argentina failed in the first four World Cup games in history, and eventually qualified in the group and won the runner-up in 1990.
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vs. Poland is the 22nd World Cup match that Messi played for Argentina for Argentina. He has also surpassed Maradona and became the player with the most World Cup matches on behalf of the Argentina national team.
Messi (center) dribbled the ball and broke through in the game. According to statistics, Messi completed more than 5 outs and created more than 5 opportunities in the match against Poland. At 35 years old and 159 days, he is the oldest player to complete this stat in the World Cup match, and his previous record holder was Maradona, who played against Nigeria in 1994.
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Enzo Fernandez started against Poland and assisted Alvarez. At 21 years old and 317 days old, he is the second youngest player to start the World Cup for Argentina and the second youngest player to assist Argentina in the World Cup. Messi is the youngest holder of both records. The match against Poland of
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is Alvarez's first start for Argentina in the competition. He scored the second goal of the Argentina team and his first goal in his personal World Cup. In addition, he also scored goals in his first start in the South American Liberators Cup , Premier League, Champions League , and World Cup South American qualifiers.
Alvarez (left) celebrated with teammate Enzo Fernandez after scoring a goal in the game. Xinhua News Agency reporter Pan Yulong photographed
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Poland lost to Argentina, and Szczesny saved Messi's penalty in the first half. Since statistics were found in 1966, Szczesni is the second goalkeeper to save a penalty after sending a foul on the World Cup. The last one was French goalkeeper Joel Butz, who did it in the 1986 World Cup against Brazil.
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Mexico defeated Saudi Arabia 2-1, and Chavez scored a direct free kick. He became the first Mexican player to score a direct free kick in the World Cup since 1966.
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Mexico missed the group stage and qualified from the group stage. Before this competition, they had participated in the World Cup seven consecutive times and were able to qualify from the group stage. This is also Mexico's first World Cup group out of the group since 1978.
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Australia defeated Denmark and advanced to the top 16 of the World Cup. They became the third team in World Cup history to lose in the first game, conced 4 or more goals, and eventually qualify in the group. The previous two teams were Yugoslavia in 1990 and Ukraine in 2006.
Australia became the first Asian team to advance to the top 16.
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Tunisia defeated France, Hazri scored the only goal in the game. He is the first African player in World Cup history to score goals in three consecutive starts. Tunisia's last five goals in the World Cup are all related to him (3 goals and 2 assists).
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