Qatar: In the quarter-finals of a tight draw, where a win is a semi-final - a loss is go, Argentina advanced to the semi-finals of the FIFA Qatar Football World Cup with a thrilling 4-3 tiebreaker against the Netherlands.
Even though they lost, the Dutch footballers resisted with their eyes on the Argentines. Even after losing two goals, they showed great skill to equalize the game.
Argentina was on the way to the semi-finals with the goal of Molina and Lionel Messi leading by 2-0. Molina scored in the 35th minute of the game. Popular footballer Messi doubled the team's lead by scoring from the penalty spot in the 73rd minute.
But Wout Wieghorst reduced the gap a bit with a goal in the 83rd minute of the game at the Lucille Iconic Stadium in Qatar. If only 1 minute had passed, Messi would have secured the semi-final. Wieghorst scored a brilliant free kick at the last minute of the game to tie the Dutch at 2-2 in a historic match.
Due to a 2-2 draw in the scheduled 90 minutes, the match went into extra 30 minutes. No goals scored in extra time. That's why the game goes to a tiebreaker. Argentina secured the semi-final by defeating the Netherlands 4-3 in the tiebreaker.
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