{"id":6737,"date":"2026-07-15T21:18:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=6737"},"modified":"2026-07-15T21:18:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:18:41","slug":"lionel-messi-delivers-2-clutch-assists-to-lead-argentina-to-back-to-back-world-cup-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=6737","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi Delivers 2 Clutch Assists To Lead Argentina To Back-To-Back World Cup Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            POPULAR SEARCHES\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            BROWSE BY\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Lionel Messi delivered two clutch assists in crunch time to lead Argentina to a 2-1 comeback win over England in the 2026 FIFA World Cup semifinals on Wednesday at Atlanta Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>With Argentina facing elimination after a 55th minute Anthony Gordon goal, Messi came alive in the match&#8217;s final minutes, setting up Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez&#8217;s 85th minute equalizer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Messi recorded his second assist of the night in the second minute of stoppage time, finding Lautaro Mart\u00ednez at the far post, where he headed in the match-winning goal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Lionel Messi has now scored or assisted in 11 consecutive World Cup matches, extending the longest ever run by a player on record since 1966.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Argentina will play Spain in the 2026 FIFA World Cup final on Sunday at New York New Jersey Stadium. This is Argentina&#8217;s second consecutive World Cup final appearance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY Lionel Messi delivered two clutch assists in crunch time to lead Argentina to a 2-1 comeback win over England in the 2026 FIFA World Cup semifinals on Wednesday at Atlanta Stadium. With Argentina facing elimination after a 55th minute Anthony Gordon goal, Messi came alive in the match&#8217;s final minutes, setting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}