Episode 507

Aguero gets his first goal at a World Cup and it is such a striker's goal. The ball eventually bounces to Aguero, whose shot is blocked for corner, which comes to nothing.

It's not a great delivery, but an improvised, flicked header from Tagliafico goes whistling just past the post. Iceland are playing with such ferocity at the moment and Argentina are struggling to keep hold of possession. Finnbogason, who is down with cramp, comes off for Siguardson. Messi wastes the corner. Caballero clears the ball straight to an Iceland player and they've got numbers forward.

Messi remains in a central position, pulling the strings from No 10. Iceland looking very organised and have snuffed out a couple of potential attacks before Argentina got anywhere near the goal. A very good save! I think two — definitely one — burst during the France vs Australia game earlier and Messi has already thrown one away in apparent disgust. Source:AP. Lionel Messi missed a second-half penalty as Iceland secured a famous 1-1 draw with Argentina in their Group D clash on Saturday. Argentina again call for VAR after the ball hits the hand of Ragnar Sigurosson at close range. Health and safety, second-hand smoke, smelly clothes. Argentina: Caballero (6), Tagliafico (7), Rojo (6), Otamendi (6), Salvio (6), Biglia (7), Di Maria (7), Meza (7), Mascherano (6), Messi (7), Aguero (7) This time, he gets lucky and it falls to an Argentina shirt. Iceland goalkeeper Halldorsson called into action for the first time as Messi fires a shot in from distance. However, the forward earned himself some space with a lovely piece of close control, before firing an unstoppable shot into the roof of the net - not that his side were ahead for long. Not the best option, considering the execution. The 34-year-old had to twice be alert to deny Messi in the first half, before reading the playmaker's mind to palm his second-half spot kick aside. It's a good delivery and Otamendi makes contact, but he can't direct it on target and Iceland survive their first defensive task. That was a disaster for Messi, but it hasn't really changed the course of the game. In the first half, Iceland have been under the mat, but they have been organised and have defended with heart against their fancied opponents. The new Randers FC goalkeeper would have been expecting a busy afternoon at the Otkrytie Arena, and that is exactly how the contest panned out in the Russian capital.

Argentina take on Croatia at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium on Thursday evening, before Iceland then face Nigeria at the Volgograd Arena on Friday afternoon. At their first major international tournament, Iceland were a team playing without restraint or fear and their unburdened shoulders propelled the country of less than 400,000 to new heights. Let's find out! Iceland have defended with heart and soul here in Moscow, can they keep it together for another 5 minutes for what will be a historic point! They eventually reached the final of that edition, losing out to West Germany, Iceland failed to record a single shot in the second half, while Argentina recorded 16 attempts on Iceland's goal in that period, Argentina have missed their last two penalties taken at a World Cup (excluding shoot-outs), with Ariel Ortega failing to convert against Sweden in 2002 before Lionel Messi's effort today, Argentina forward Lionel Messi had 11 shots in total in this match, more than he's had in any of his previous appearances at the World Cup, Javier Mascherano made his 144th appearance for Argentina in this match, overtaking Javier Zanetti as their most capped player, Iceland forward Alfred Finnbogason's goal after 23 minutes was the earliest scored for a nation playing in their first ever World Cup match since Rashidi Yekini netted after 21 minutes for Nigeria against Bulgaria on June 21st 1994.

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