{"id":16349,"date":"2026-06-29T04:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T23:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/?p=16349"},"modified":"2026-06-29T04:59:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T23:29:18","slug":"fifa-world-cup-2026-messi-makes-history-as-argentina-see-off-jordan-3-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/fifa-world-cup-2026-messi-makes-history-as-argentina-see-off-jordan-3-1\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 | Messi Makes History as Argentina See Off Jordan 3\u20131"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Scaloni made nine changes and left Lionel Messi on the bench. Argentina still won. And when Messi did come on, he made history. His 80th-minute free-kick \u2014 low, curling, perfectly placed around the defensive wall \u2014 made him the first player ever to score in seven consecutive FIFA World Cup\u2122 matches. Argentina beat Jordan 3\u20131 at the Dallas Stadium, and marched into the Round of 32 with their records and their captain\u2019s legend intact.<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 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-messi-makes-history-as-argentina-see-off-jordan-3-1\/#A_Rotated_Argentina_Still_Run_the_Show\" title=\"A Rotated Argentina Still Run the Show\">A Rotated Argentina Still Run the Show<\/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-messi-makes-history-as-argentina-see-off-jordan-3-1\/#Jordan_Refuses_to_Go_Quietly\" title=\"Jordan Refuses to Go Quietly\">Jordan Refuses to Go Quietly<\/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-messi-makes-history-as-argentina-see-off-jordan-3-1\/#Messi_Enters_Messi_Delivers\" title=\"Messi Enters, Messi Delivers\">Messi Enters, Messi Delivers<\/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-messi-makes-history-as-argentina-see-off-jordan-3-1\/#Watch_Jordan_vs_Argentina_Match_Highlight_Free_Only_On_ZEE5\" title=\"Watch Jordan vs Argentina Match Highlight Free Only On ZEE5.\">Watch Jordan vs Argentina 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-messi-makes-history-as-argentina-see-off-jordan-3-1\/#Where_Both_Teams_Stand\" title=\"Where Both Teams Stand\">Where Both Teams Stand<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Watch Argentina\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 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=\"A_Rotated_Argentina_Still_Run_the_Show\"><\/span><b>A Rotated Argentina Still Run the Show<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>With Group J already secured and their place in the Round of 32 confirmed, Scaloni used this match to manage minutes and rotate heavily. Nine changes to the starting eleven. Messi, Rodrigo De Paul, and Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez were all named among the substitutes. It was a statement of squad depth. What remained on the pitch was still good enough to control the tempo from the first whistle \u2014 and to punish Jordan in the moments that mattered.<\/p>\n<p>The opening goal came in the 19th minute. Giovani Lo Celso earned a free-kick on the edge of the area, dusted himself off, and executed a beautifully curled strike into the top-left corner. No wall was going to stop it. No goalkeeper was getting close. A goal that showed exactly what Lo Celso can do when given the platform and the responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>The second arrived twelve minutes later. A VAR review confirmed a penalty due to a foul committed inside the box, and Lautaro Mart\u00ednez stepped forward and slammed a low right-footed strike into the bottom-left corner. Confident. Unhesitating. Two-nil at the break, and Argentina could afford to breathe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jordan_Refuses_to_Go_Quietly\"><\/span><b>Jordan Refuses to Go Quietly<\/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\/jordan\/jordan-squad\">Jordan<\/a> had scored in both of their previous group matches and were determined to keep that record alive. Ten minutes into the second half, they did exactly that. Ehsan Haddad delivered a devastatingly low cross into the penalty area, and substitute Musa Al-Taamari arrived at the right moment to tap it past Emiliano Mart\u00ednez. Dallas erupted. It was 2\u20131, and for a few minutes, Jordan allowed themselves to believe.<\/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>Scaloni responded immediately. In the 60th minute, he made a triple substitution: Alexis Mac Allister, Thiago Almada, and Lionel Messi all came on together. The crowd\u2019s reaction told you everything you needed to know about what his presence means \u2014 even in a match Argentina were already winning, even in a tournament in which he is already their leading scorer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Messi_Enters_Messi_Delivers\"><\/span><b>Messi Enters, Messi Delivers<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Twenty minutes after coming on, Messi did what Messi does.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/argentina\/argentina-squad\"> Argentina<\/a> won a free-kick 25 yards from the goal. He placed the ball, stepped back, and curled a low strike directly around the defensive wall and inside the far post. Yazeed Abulaila got nowhere near it. Three-one. The record was set: the first player in football history to score in seven consecutive FIFA World Cup\u2122 matches. His sixth goal of the 2026 tournament. His story at this World Cup is nowhere near finished.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan pushed forward in the final minutes, as they have done throughout this tournament, but the result was beyond doubt. The stadium gave Messi a standing ovation every time he touched the ball in those closing stages. The whistle confirmed Argentina\u2019s passage into the Round of 32 as Group J winners, unbeaten across all three group matches and with a goal difference that underlines just how superior they have been.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch_Jordan_vs_Argentina_Match_Highlight_Free_Only_On_ZEE5\"><\/span>Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/match-clips\/0-6-4z5974253\/jor-vs-arg-quickfire-highlights-fifa-world-cup-2026\/0-1-6z5994077?utm_source=GoogleOneBox&amp;utm_medium=GoogleSearch&amp;utm_campaign=OneBox_quick_fire_highlight\">Jordan vs Argentina Match Highlight<\/a> Free Only On ZEE5.<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>Argentina advances to face <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/cape-verde\/cape-verde-squad\">Cape Verde<\/a> in Miami, carrying the form and the confidence of a team that has not yet been truly tested at this tournament. Nine changes, and they still won by two goals. When they field their first-choice eleven in the knockouts, the rest of the draw will take notice.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan bowed out of their first-ever FIFA World Cup\u2122 having scored in all three group-stage appearances \u2014 a detail that speaks to the spirit and quality of a side nobody expected to compete the way they did. They leave with pride, and with a generation of young Jordanian footballers who now know exactly what is possible.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Watch Argentina in the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 Round of 32, live on ZEE5 \u2014 every knockout match streamed in India as it happens.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Scaloni made nine changes and left Lionel Messi on the bench. Argentina still won. And when Messi did come on, he made history. 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