Argentina defeats Netherlands on penalty kicks to advance to World Cup semifinals
LUSAIL, Qatar — Lionel Messi's World Cup hopes are still alive, but Tuesday's quarterfinal win over the Netherlands didn't come easily and it didn't come quickly — nor did Messi do it alone. Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez made two saves in a five-round penalty-kick shootout to lift Argentina past the Netherlands following a game that ended in a 2-2 draw. Messi had a goal and an assist, then got ...
by Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times
Dec 09, 2022
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LUSAIL, Qatar — Lionel Messi's World Cup hopes are still alive, but Tuesday's quarterfinal win over the Netherlands didn't come easily and it didn't come quickly — nor did Messi do it alone.
Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez made two saves in a five-round penalty-kick shootout to lift Argentina past the Netherlands following a game that ended in a 2-2 draw. Messi had a goal
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