Lionel Messi starts for Argentina today as their World Cup defence continues with a last-16 tie against Mohamed Salah’s Egypt. Argentina survived an almighty scare last time out, defeating Cape Verde 3-2 after extra time in one of the best games of the tournament.

ATLANTA (AP) — Enzo Fernandez scored in stoppage time to give Argentina an incredible 3-2 win over Egypt and a spot in the World Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday. The defending champions had trailed 2-0 after goals from Yasser Ibrahim and and Mostafa Zico at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

The Lionel Messi World Cup obits were starting to be written. It’s a good bet that some were finalized. Egypt led Argentina 2-0 in a World Cup quarterfinal Tuesday afternoon, in

Argentina dodged another huge World Cup upset as the holders came from two goals behind to get past Egypt. Lionel Messi and co were staring at a last-16 exit as goals from Yasser Ibrahim and

Argentina came back from being down 2-0 to Egypt to win 3-2 and advance to the Quarterfinals. Danny Parkins and Dax McCarty analyze how Argentina and Lionel Messi won this game, and ask what Argentina proved in the win.