Argentina v Egypt: World Cup 2026 last 16 – live
⚽️ World Cup kick-off time: 12pm EDT/5pm BST, 2am AEST ⚽️ Player guide Bracketology Golden Boot Email Scott Messi versus Salah is an awfully reductive
⚽️ World Cup kick-off time: 12pm EDT/5pm BST, 2am AEST ⚽️ Player guide Bracketology Golden Boot Email Scott Messi versus Salah is an awfully reductive way of framing this match. But it is Messi versus Salah.
And while nobody would seriously put the two on exactly the same plane … and while you’d expect Messi’s Argentina to have too much for Salah’s Egypt … that Cape Verde match proved nothing is nailed-on.
Also … … and he wasn’t even on the pitch. But the underdog vibes of that day are the same. So you never know. Chances are, Argentina will set up a quarter-final match with either Switzerland or Colombia.
But … well … that t-shirt, and that outcome, shows why we’re going to have to go through more than the motions. Kick-off is at 12pm EDT/5pm BST. It’s on! Continue reading...
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