Argentina 2 Australia 1 LIVE RESULT: Messi inspires country to win in 1,000th game despite Aussie fightback – updates

LIONEL MESSI has fired his team into the quarter-finals of the World Cup as Argentina survived a late Australian fight-back.

Messi, playing in his 1,000th career game, made it 1-0 in the first half before Julian Alvarez doubled Argentina’s lead.

Craig Goodwin then got one back for the Socceroos but they held on for a 2-1 win and a place in the World Cup last eight.

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