{"id":16345,"date":"2026-06-29T04:34:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T23:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/?p=16345"},"modified":"2026-06-29T04:34:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T23:04:31","slug":"fifa-world-cup-2026-algeria-3-3-austria-six-goals-six-minutes-of-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/fifa-world-cup-2026-algeria-3-3-austria-six-goals-six-minutes-of-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 | Algeria 3\u20133 Austria  | Six Goals, Six Minutes of Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p>Nothing about this match was simple. Algeria led twice, Austria fought back twice. Algeria took the lead for a third time deep in stoppage time and appeared certain to defeat Austria \u2014 until the 96th minute, when substitute Sasa Kalajdzic rose to head home at the back post and drag Austria back from the depths. Three-three. Absolute pandemonium at the Kansas City Stadium, Kansas City. Both teams advance to the Round of 32. Football at its most chaotic and most glorious, played out across six goals and a finale that nobody inside the stadium will forget in a hurry.<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_86 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-black ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Page Contents:<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #282fff;color:#282fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #282fff;color:#282fff\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/fifa-world-cup-2026-algeria-3-3-austria-six-goals-six-minutes-of-madness\/#Austria_Strike_First\" >Austria Strike First<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/fifa-world-cup-2026-algeria-3-3-austria-six-goals-six-minutes-of-madness\/#A_Second_Half_of_Constant_Drama\" >A Second Half of Constant Drama<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/fifa-world-cup-2026-algeria-3-3-austria-six-goals-six-minutes-of-madness\/#Stoppage_Time_Chaos\" >Stoppage Time Chaos<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/fifa-world-cup-2026-algeria-3-3-austria-six-goals-six-minutes-of-madness\/#Watch_Austria_vs_Algeria_Match_Highlight_Free_Only_On_ZEE5\" >Watch Austria vs Algeria Match Highlight Free Only On ZEE5.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/fifa-world-cup-2026-algeria-3-3-austria-six-goals-six-minutes-of-madness\/#Where_Both_Teams_Stand\" >Where Both Teams Stand<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Watch Algeria\u2019s <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\"><i>FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122<\/i><\/a><i> journey live on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/myaccount\/subscription?plan-ref=0-11-7467&amp;asset-ref=0-6-4z5914493&amp;visibility=SELECTED&amp;context=FIFA\"><i>ZEE5 FIFA Subscription<\/i><\/a><i> \u2014 subscribe from \u20b9799 for three months and stream every match in India.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Austria_Strike_First\"><\/span><b>Austria Strike First<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The match didn&#8217;t break open until the 28th minute. David Alba delivered a pinpoint long ball over the Algerian backline, and Marko Arnautovi\u0107 \u2014 reading the flight perfectly \u2014 beat the offside trap, recovered from a slight stumble, and slotted it past goalkeeper Oussama Benbot. Clean technique from a player who makes those moments look straightforward even when they are not.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/algeria\/algeria-squad\">Algeria<\/a> responded with real urgency. Ibrahim Maza jinked into the box in the 36th minute, but his touch took him wide, and his effort struck the side-netting. Minutes later, Fares Chaibi unleashed a 20-yard thunderbolt from distance that rattled the post. The woodwork, not Schlager, had kept Algeria out twice in four minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The equaliser was bizarre in the best possible way. In first-half stoppage time, the ball rebounded off the corner flag in a completely unexpected direction and fell to Rafik Belghali. He composed himself, beat one defender, and blasted a left-footed strike over Alexander Schlager. One-one at the break. This was not going to be a quiet second half.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Second_Half_of_Constant_Drama\"><\/span><b>A Second Half of Constant Drama<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/austria\/austria-squad\">Austria<\/a> retook the lead in the 55th minute with a goal built entirely on movement and precision. Konrad Laimer slid a brilliant low pass across the edge of the penalty area, perfectly weighted for Marcel Sabitzer arriving at pace. Sabitzer\u2019s first-time strike \u2014 low, hard, unerring \u2014 gave Benbot no chance. 2\u20131 Austria. It looked, briefly, as though the structure of the match had been settled.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Don\u2019t miss a moment of the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 \u2014 stream every knockout match live on ZEE5.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Five minutes later, Algeria had it back. Houssem Aouar, dangerous every time he received the ball on the left, cut inside and threaded a perfectly weighted cross through the penalty area. Captain Riyad Mahrez arrived at the back post and tapped it home. Two-all. Neither side looked like settling for a point.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Stoppage_Time_Chaos\"><\/span><b>Stoppage Time Chaos<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Then came the madness. In the 90th plus three, Aouar spotted the space behind the Austrian backline and slipped a through ball into Mahrez\u2019s run with the precision of a player who has been doing this at the highest level for over a decade. Mahrez took one touch, steadied, and finished low into the corner. Three-two. The Algerian bench erupted. Austria looked done.<\/p>\n<p>Then the 96th minute arrived. A desperate Austrian long ball into the box. Michael Gregoritsch nodded it down. Substitute Sasa Kalajdzic \u2014 all power and timing \u2014 rose at the back post and buried a header into the bottom corner. The Austrian fans erupted. The Algerians crumpled. Three-three. The whistle followed almost immediately. Both teams had survived. And both deserved to be in the Round of 32.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch_Austria_vs_Algeria_Match_Highlight_Free_Only_On_ZEE5\"><\/span><strong>Watch<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/match-clips\/0-6-4z5974253\/alg-vs-aut-quickfire-highlights-fifa-world-cup-2026\/0-1-6z5994075?utm_source=GoogleOneBox&amp;utm_medium=GoogleSearch&amp;utm_campaign=OneBox_quick_fire_highlight\"> Austria vs Algeria Match Highlight<\/a> Free Only On ZEE5.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_Both_Teams_Stand\"><\/span><b>Where Both Teams Stand<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Austria finished second in Group J and faces European champions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/spain\/spain-squad\">Spain<\/a> in Los Angeles on Thursday. That is as difficult a Round of 32 draw as exists in this competition \u2014 but a team that fights back from 3\u20132 in the 96th minute is a team that believes in itself.<\/p>\n<p>Algeria advances as one of the best third-placed teams and travels to Vancouver to face <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/switzerland\/switzerland-squad\">Switzerland<\/a> on Friday. They played some of the most entertaining football of the entire group stage tonight in Kansas City, and a commitment to attack that never wavered, even when the scoreline demanded caution. This group stage is over. The knockout stage begins.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Watch Algeria and Austria in the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 Round of 32, live on ZEE5 \u2014 every match streamed in India as it happens.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Disclaimer: Subscription pack prices are subject to change from time to time. 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