Argentina 3–2 Egypt
Argentina
3–2HT 0–1
Egypt
Argentina played Egypt in the World Cup on 7 July 2026 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The match finished 3–2.
Goals and cards
- -5'Haissem Hassan — Yellow card
- 15'Y. Ibrahim (assist by M. Attia)
- 21'Lionel Messi (Penalty missed)
- 67'M. Ziko (assist by H. Hassan)
- 79'C. Romero (assist by L. Messi)
- 83'L. Messi (assist by G. Montiel)
- 90'E. Fernandez (assist by L. Martinez)
- 90+3'Mostafa Shobeir — Yellow card
- 90+4'Hamdy Fathy — Yellow card
- 90+8'Marwan Attia — Yellow card
Line-ups
Argentina 4-1-3-2
- E. Martinez
- N. Molina
- C. Romero
- L. Martinez
- N. Tagliafico
- L. Paredes
- R. de Paul
- A. Mac Allister
- E. Fernandez
- L. Messi
- J. Alvarez
- SUBSTITUTES
- G. Rulli
- J. Musso
- N. Otamendi
- E. Palacios
- G. Montiel
- N. Gonzalez
- G. Simeone
- G. Lo Celso
- L. Martinez
- M. Senesi
- F. Medina
- T. Almada
- J. Lopez
- V. Barco
- N. Paz
- COACHES: Lionel Scaloni
Egypt 4-4-2
- M. Shobeir
- M. Hany
- Y. Ibrahim
- R. Rabia
- K. Hafez
- H. Hassan
- M. Lasheen
- M. Attia
- E. Ashour
- M. Salah
- M. Ziko
- SUBSTITUTES
- M. Alaa
- M. El Shenawy
- E. M. Soliman
- Trezeguet
- I. Adel
- M. Saber
- T. Alaa
- H. Abdelkarim
- Zizo
- H. Fathy
- O. Marmoush
- N. Dunga
- H. Abdelmaguid
- COACHES: Hossam Hassan
Match statistics
| Argentina | Egypt | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Shots on goal | 2 |
| 8 | Shots off goal | 3 |
| 19 | Total shots | 5 |
| 4 | Blocked shots | 1 |
| 11 | Shots inside box | 4 |
| 8 | Shots outside box | 1 |
| 13 | Fouls | 11 |
| 6 | Corners | 1 |
| 3 | Offsides | 0 |
| 64% | Possession | 36% |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 4 |
| 0 | Saves | 4 |
| 602 | Total passes | 349 |
| 541 | Accurate passes | 287 |
| 90% | Pass accuracy | 82% |
| 2.84 | Expected Goals (xG) | 0.89 |
| -0.34 | goals_prevented | -0.34 |