The main time of the match ended with the score 2:2
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The Argentina national team beat the Netherlands on penalties in the 1/4 final match of the World Cup in Qatar.
The main time of the meeting ended with the score 2:2, on penalties the score was 3:4.
The first goal for the Argentine team was brought by defender Nahuel Molina in the 35th minute from the transfer of Lionel Messi. The captain himself also distinguished himself by converting a penalty (73). Wout Wegorst (84, 90+11) recorded a double in the Netherlands.
Messi has provided five assists in the playoffs of the World Cup – a record. He passed Pele, who has four assists. If we take all the stages of the World Cup, then only Diego Maradona (8) has more assists than Messi (7).
Wegorst scored the latest World Cup play-off goal since at least 1966 (100 minutes and 30 seconds, excluding overtime). He also became the first Dutchman in history to score a double following coming on as a substitute in a World Cup match.
In the match between the Netherlands and Argentina, 15 cards were shown – this is a record number in the World Cup. The previous record was in the match Cameroon – Germany in 2002 (12 yellow and 2 red).
RBC Sport led live broadcast of this meeting.
Argentina reached the semi-finals of the World Cup for the fourth time in its history, the Argentines reached the final on all three previous occasions (1986, 1990 and 2014).
Argentina has won the most World Cup penalty shootouts (five out of six), and only Spain (one out of five) has lost more on penalties than the Netherlands (one out of four).
The Argentina national team in the semi-finals will now play once morest the Croatian team, which sensationally beat Brazilians (1:1, 4:2). This semi-final match will take place on 13 December.
