{"id":27847,"date":"2026-06-28T11:37:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T06:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/argentina-vs-jordan-fifa-world-cup-match-result-lionel-messi-creates-history-as-argentina-beat-jordan-3-1-to-complete-perfect-group-stage-football-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T11:37:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T06:07:40","slug":"argentina-vs-jordan-fifa-world-cup-match-result-lionel-messi-creates-history-as-argentina-beat-jordan-3-1-to-complete-perfect-group-stage-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/argentina-vs-jordan-fifa-world-cup-match-result-lionel-messi-creates-history-as-argentina-beat-jordan-3-1-to-complete-perfect-group-stage-football-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina vs Jordan, FIFA World Cup match result: Lionel Messi creates history as Argentina beat Jordan 3-1 to complete perfect group stage | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132045496,imgsize-70364,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/messi8-2806-ap.jpg\" alt=\"Argentina vs Jordan, FIFA World Cup match result: Lionel Messi creates history as Argentina beat Jordan 3-1 to complete perfect group stage\" title=\"Lionel Messi (Image credit: X)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Lionel Messi (Image credit: X)\">Lionel Messi (Image credit: X)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Defending champions Argentina finished the group stage with three wins from three after beating Jordan 3-1 on Saturday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"1\"\/>Giovani Lo Celso, Lautaro Martinez and <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/lionel-messi\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Lionel Messi<\/a> scored for Argentina, who had already secured top spot in Group J before the match. <!-- -->Jordan, playing in their first-ever World Cup, ended their campaign with three defeats.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Argentina will now face Cape Verde in the Round of 32 on Friday in Miami.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Lo Celso and Martinez put Argentina in control<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>With nine changes to the starting XI, Argentina still looked comfortable.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Lo Celso, making his first World Cup start, opened the scoring in the 19th minute with a brilliant direct free-kick. It was his first World Cup goal and also the first scored by an Argentina player other than Lionel Messi at this tournament.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Lautaro Martinez doubled the lead in the 31st minute from the penalty spot. The penalty was awarded after a VAR review showed Julian Alvarez had been kicked in the face during a goalmouth scramble. Moments earlier, Martinez had struck the crossbar from close range.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>The goal was also Martinez&#8217;s first at the 2026 World Cup. He and goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez were the only outfield players to start all three group matches for Argentina.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"  \">\n<div class=\"sQLTU timeline_pollWrapper_as  \" data-scrollga=\"scroll#poll_view\">\n<div>\n<p>Which player had the most impressive performance in the match against Jordan?<\/p>\n<div class=\"iN00Z\">\n<div class=\"eG6Oq\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<div class=\"W30C0\">\n<p>3k+ users shared opinion today<!-- --> <span class=\"vIYbn\"\/><\/p>\n<p>5k+ users already voted today<!-- --> <span class=\"vIYbn\"\/><\/p>\n<p>3k+ users shared opinion today<!-- --> <span class=\"vIYbn\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/polls\/which-player-had-the-most-impressive-performance-in-the-match-against-jordan\/pollopinions\/132045944.cms?src=articleshow\" class=\"pd_MH\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Share Opinion<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Messi comes off the bench to make history<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>Messi started on the bench after Argentina had already wrapped up first place in the group. The 39-year-old came on in the 60th minute, just three days after his birthday, replacing Lautaro Martinez.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/>Twenty minutes later, he scored from a free-kick to make it 3-1.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"37\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"39\"\/>It was Messi&#8217;s sixth goal of the tournament and his 19th World Cup goal overall, extending his record as the leading men&#8217;s scorer in World Cup history.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"41\"\/>The goal also made him the first player ever to score in seven consecutive World Cup matches. He had entered the game after scoring all five of Argentina&#8217;s goals in wins over Algeria and Austria, including his first World Cup hat-trick and a record-breaking brace against Austria.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/lionel-messi-creates-history-as-argentina-beat-jordan-3-1-to-complete-perfect-group-stage\/articleshow\/132045479.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: Defending champions Argentina finished the group stage with three wins from three after beating Jordan 3-1 on Saturday.Giovani Lo Celso, Lautaro Martinez and Lionel Messi scored for Argentina, who had already secured top spot in Group J before the match. Jordan, playing in their first-ever World Cup, ended [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}