Argentina
AustriaGroup J
Megogo
Dallas - AT&T Stadium
Referee : Amin Omar (Egypt)
Messi 95'
Argentina: 23. Martinez E. - 6. Martínez Li., 13. Romero C. (Otamendi, 57), 25. Medina F. (Tagliafico, 82), 26. Molina N. - 24. Fernandez E., 7. De Paul (Paredes L., 81), 20. Mac Allister A. - 16. Almada (Gonzalez N., 64) - 22. Martínez L. (Álvarez Jul., 64), 10. Messi
Substitution: Otamendi (from 57); Gonzalez N. (from 64); Álvarez Jul. (from 64); Paredes L. (from 81); Tagliafico (from 82)
Bench: 1. Musso, 12. Rulli - 8. Barco, 2. Senesi, 4. Montiel - 11. Lo Celso, 14. Palacios Ex., 18. Nico Paz - 21. López José, 17. Simeone G-o
Yellow Cards: Medina F. 76; Paredes L. 92
Austria: 1. Schlager A. - 5. Posch (Prass, 67), 8. Alaba (Friedl, 67) - 3. Danso, 4. Schlager X., 6. Seiwald N., 9. Sabitzer, 18. Schmid R. (Wimmer P., 78), 20. Laimer - 24. Wanner P. (Arnautovic, 67) - 11. Gregoritsch (Chukwuemeka C., 85)
Substitution: Friedl (from 67); Prass (from 67); Arnautovic (from 67); Wimmer P. (from 78); Chukwuemeka C. (from 85)
Bench: 12. Wiegele, 13. Pentz - 25. Svoboda, 2. Affengruber, 15. Lienhart, 16. Mwene - 19. Ljubicic D. - 10. Grillitsch, 26. Schöpf - 14. Kalajdzic
Yellow Cards: Posch 40; Laimer 76
The Argentina captain reached the milestone during his side's FIFA World Cup group-stage clash against Austria
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