WC PROGNOSTICATION: Will Messi score ANOTHER goal in an Argentina win over Egypt on Tues?
82% of users predicted YES — the community got this one right. 33 predictions cast.
Argentina beat Egypt 3-2 in the round of 16 on Tuesday, July 7, with Lionel Messi scoring in a stoppage-time comeback that sent the defending champions to the quarterfinals. Egypt led 2-0 late through goals from Yasser Ibrahim and Mostafa Mohamed before Argentina rallied in the final 15 minutes. Messi assisted Cristian Romero in the 79th minute, then scored himself four minutes later to level the match. Enzo Fernandez headed in the winner in the second minute of stoppage time.
Because Messi scored and Argentina won, the question resolved YES. His goal was his eighth of the tournament, moving him clear of Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland for the scoring lead, and extended his record of finding the net in consecutive World Cup knockout matches. Messi had earlier missed a first-half penalty, his second spot-kick miss of the tournament.
The result kept Argentina on course to defend the title it won in 2022 and denied Egypt, which had not previously advanced this deep, a place in the last eight. Argentina moved on to the quarterfinals.
The community read this correctly: 82% of voters backed Messi to score in an Argentina win, matching the outcome despite Egypt pushing the match to the final seconds.