Messi fires a left‑footed shot from outside the box that is saved in the centre of the goal after a layoff from Rodrigo De Paul.

Cutting in from the left side of the box, Messi’s left‑footed effort is blocked after a pass from Ángel Di María.

From a direct free kick outside the box, Messi curls a left‑footed strike that smashes against the right post and stays out.

Messi latches onto a through ball from Rodrigo De Paul on the left side of the box, but his left‑footed shot is blocked by the defence.

Messi’s left‑footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked after he is played in by Julián Álvarez.

Messi drops deep and feeds Thiago Almada, whose right‑footed shot from outside the box flies high and wide to the right.

From outside the box, Messi unleashes a left‑footed shot that is turned away low to the right by the goalkeeper.

Messi again tries his luck from distance with a left‑footed effort that is saved under the crossbar in the centre of the goal.

Arriving in the centre of the box on a pass from Nicolás Tagliafico, Messi sends a left‑footed shot just wide to the left.

Messi threads a through ball to Marcos Acuña, whose left‑footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked by the defence.

Messi meets a cross from Marcos Acuña with a header from the centre of the box, but his effort flies too high over the bar.

Taking another direct free kick from outside the box, Messi’s left‑footed strike crashes against the left post and rebounds out.

From a direct free kick outside the area, Messi’s left‑footed attempt sails high and wide to the right.

Messi combines with Thiago Almada and drives a left‑footed shot from outside the box that is saved low to the left.

Messi finally finds the breakthrough, curling a sublime left‑footed free kick from outside the box into the top right corner to make it 2–0 Argentina.