Argentina beat Netherlands in penalty shootout in semi-final, Messi creates history
FIFA World Cup Argentina vs Netherlands: In the quarter-final between Netherlands and Argentina, Argentina defeated Netherlands in penalty shootout to reach the semi-finals.
FIFA World Cup Argentina vs Netherlands: In the quarter-finals played between Netherlands and Argentina, Argentina defeated Netherlands in penalty shootout and succeeded in making it to the semi-finals. Now in the semi-final, on December 13, the team of Argentina will compete with the team of Croatia, which has made a place in the semi-final after defeating the 5-time champion Brazil in the quarter-final. Argentina managed to win 4-3 in the penalty shootout and won this exciting match.
Such was the thrill of the match
The players of both the teams showed a tremendous game due to which both the teams managed to equalize the score by scoring 2-2 goals in the stipulated time. After this, it was decided to decide the result of the match through a penalty shootout. In this way, in the penalty shootout, Argentina scored 4 goals and the Netherlands team scored 3 goals, after which Argentina reached the semi-finals. Now Messi’s team is two wins away from winning the title.
Argentina in the semi-finals after 8 years
Let us tell you that after 2014, this is the first time when the Argentine team has succeeded in reaching the final 4 of the World Cup. In the final of 2014, Brazil defeated Argentina to win the title. Before 2014, Argentina reached the final 4 of the World Cup in 1990.
First in the match, Nehuel Molina from Argentina scored a goal in the 35th minute to give the team a 1-0 lead. At the time of half time, Argentina was 1-0 ahead of the Netherlands. Now when the second half of the game started, it was possible to see Messi’s brilliance. Messi scored a penalty in the 78th minute of the match to give Argentina a 2-0 lead. . Then the first goal came from the Netherlands in the 83rd minute. Which was done by the substitute player Bout Beghorst. After 90 minutes, Argentina was on 2 goals and Netherlands on 1 goal, then during 10 minutes of injury time, Beghorst scored the second goal and brought the score to 2-2. In such a situation, the match was taken to extra time to decide the match, where Argentina won in the penalty shootout.
Messi, Leonardo Peredez, Gonzalo Montial and Lautaro Martinez were successful in scoring goals in the penalty shootout from Argentina, while Teun Koopmeeners, Bout Beghorst and Luc de Jong scored from the Netherlands.
Messi created history in the history of the World Cup, a record of 10 goals has been recorded in the name of Messi. By doing this, he has equaled the former legend Gabriel Batistuta. These two players are now the highest goal scorers for Argentina in the World Cup. At the same time, Ronaldo has 8 goals in the World Cup. Messi has scored 4 goals in this World Cup so far. Apart from this, Messi has managed to score 95 goals in 170 matches for Argentina.
Argentina has won the title twice
Argentina has been successful in winning the World Cup title 2 times. Argentina was successful in winning the title in 1978 and 1986. Now it has to be seen whether Messi’s Argentina team will be able to repeat history and win the title for the third time.
