Lionel Messi ⁠became the ⁠first player to ⁠score in seven consecutive World Cup matches as Argentina continued their winning ways with a 3-1 victory over ‌Jordan in their Group J clash in Dallas on Saturday.

In the other group match, Austria salvaged a 3-3 draw ⁠with Algeria after a thrilling finale featuring two stoppage-time ‌goals, a result that put both teams into the last 32 and sent Iran out of the tournament.

The South Americans topped the group, while Austria ⁠finished second and will face Spain in ‌the knockout stage. Algeria advanced as one of the best third-placed sides ‌and will meet Switzerland.

Argentina ‌went ahead in the 19th minute when ⁠Giovani ⁠Lo Celso curled in a free kick from 25 ‌metres on his World Cup debut, before Lautaro Martinez converted ‌a penalty. ‌Jordan pulled a goal back when ‌Mousa Altamari slid in at the back post.

Substitute ⁠Messi, who came on with an hour gone, fired ⁠a low free kick into the net with 10 minutes remaining to move ‌past France’s Just ‌Fontaine and the Brazilian Jairzinho by scoring in a seventh match in a row at the global finals.

It was the 39-year-old’s sixth goal in three games, and took him two clear of a chasing pack, that includes Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe, in the race for the golden boot.