Argentina defeated Egypt 3-2 in the knockout stage of the ongoing World Cup played today, July 7, 2026.
The third Argetine goal was scored by Enzo Fernández at the 79th minute on to beat Egypt 3-2.
Lionel Messi scored second goal for Argetina, his eighth goal of this World Cup. Messi made up for a missed penalty by scoring the second goal, which his eighth goal in the tournament, before Enzo Fernández ultimately headed in the winner.
Lionel Messi came through for Argentina in the 83rd minute, and that goal moved him into the lead for the Golden Boot race.
Argentina was trailing 2-0 before scoring three goals from the 79th minute on.
The defending champs stay alive, while Egypt loses a heartbreaker.
Enzo Fernández had received a cross in the middle of the box from Lautaro Martínez and headed in the go-ahead goal.
Messi has scored at least one goal in all five of his matches in this tournament. He scored a hat trick against Algeria and two goals against Austria in the group stage.
Another beautiful run by Messi led to a header right in front of the goal by by Lautaro Martínez, but he bounced it wide right of the goal.
It was 2-1 Egypt with still 10 minutes to go until stoppage time.
The foul call that wiped out Egypt’s second goal was poised to be a flashpoint moment from this match, particularly if Argentina was in position to come back to win.
The foul occurred well before and very far away from the goal.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
