Updated : Jun 22, 2026 20:44 IST
Lionel Messi is expected to be Argentina's most reliable player against Austria, having scored a hat-trick in the previous match. | Photo Credit: AP
Lionel Messi is expected to be Argentina's most reliable player against Austria, having scored a hat-trick in the previous match. | Photo Credit: AP
Welcome to Sporstar’s live coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group J match between Argentina and Austria. Both the teams come into the game after wins over Algeria and Jordan, respectively.
Argentina, the defending world champion, led by Lionel Messi, looks in red-hot form after its captain scored a hat-trick in their opening match of the tournament. No facing Ralf Rangnick’s team, he will look to continue his purple patch in the United States of America.
Match preview
Lionel Messi has spent the better part of two decades bending football’s sense of time. Records that once looked permanent have become milestones in his journey through the game.
Defenders have changed, managers have changed, even the shape of Argentina around him has changed, but the central question has remained stubbornly familiar – how do you stop Messi when a match begins to orbit around him?
Austria will be the next team asked to find an answer to that question.
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Published on Jun 22, 2026
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