The round of 16 of the World Cup Qatar 2022 began

Now there is no margin for error whoever loses is out of the World Cup.

In the first day of the round of 16, Argentina and the Netherlands passed. In this case there were no surprises since they were widely favourites.

The Dutch did it with ease, while the Argentines who largely dominated the Australians from the game ended up suffering and enduring the result.

The Netherlands advance to the quarterfinals of the World Cup.

The Netherlands team is 3 goals to one better than its United States counterpart.

The Netherlands went to the quarterfinals of the Qatar 2022 World Cup this Saturday, where they await Argentina or Australia, after eliminating the United States team 3-1 at the Khalifa International Stadium.
The US team began dominating the commitment actions with long passes reaching the Dutch goal but the defense commanded by Virgil Vin Dijk and goalkeeper Andries Noppert managed to control the ball without problem.

As the United States maintained their dominance, the Tulips launched a lethal counterattack led by Denzel Dumfries, who sent a pass to Depay Memphis that sealed the United States goal 10 minutes into the game.
However, the United States sought to match the actions of the match through Tyler Adams and Christian Pulisic but Noppert kept the ball.

The Netherlands put pressure on each line and when the Americans arrived, after 30 minutes the duel went back and forth with pressure in midfield.

And the second goal of the match came minutes before going to halftime, Denzel Dumfries sent a cross and Daley Blind conceded the 2-0 to go to halftime of the first 45 minutes.

In the complementary part, the United States looked for and put pressure on Noppert's rival goal with several dangerous arrivals,

Pulisic took a cross shot that hit the crossbar, at minute 67 Yunus Musah reached the danger area but in the last stretch he failed to define and with a cross shot the ball went off the side of the goal.

At minute 76 the discount goal came for the United States after a filtered pass from Pulisic and Ian Wright's heel found the discount goal, but the celebration did not last long and at 81' the third goal came for the Dutch after a cross from Daley Blind from the left and Dumfries finished off directly on goal and sealed the actions of the commitment with which the match ended.

Denzel Dumfries became the great figure of the Netherlands after two assists and a goal for the qualification of the Dutch to the quarterfinals of the World Cup.

Argentina defeats Australia and advances to the quarterfinals of Qatar 2022.

At the Ahmad bin Ali stadium, Argentina beat Australia 2-1 and qualified for the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup, their next match being against the Netherlands.

The Australian team began with the position of the ball, but Argentina recovered the ball in midfield and the Albiceleste counterattack began, with a line in midfield that worked for Scaloni. “Papu” Gómez reached the rival goal after five minutes and sent a filtered pass to Messi but the ball went over the side of the vertical.

Argentina, with a tactical game of touch and touch that made difficult the first minutes in the start of the Australians and with that dynamic game, they reached the danger area again before the Australian defense that managed to clear the ball.

At 12 minutes, Álvarez reached the last section of the field, but Behich took the ball and cut off the arrival of the Argentine. Those led by Scaloni were precise in each pass in search of opening the scoring and after 35 minutes the goal came through Messi after a triangular play with Mac Allister and the ball remained at Romero's feet, however, Messi took advantage and conceded the first goal of the commitment.

With the score in favor of Argentina, they went to the break of the first half.

In the complementary part, Argentina did not give up with Enzo Fernández, Messi and Álvarez in the attack of the Albiceleste. In the 51st minute, De Paul sent a cross low, but Messi failed to finish straight on target and missed the second goal.

At minute 57, after an error in Ray's start that lost the ball under pressure from De Paul, Álvarez scored on an empty goal, converting the second goal for those led by Scaloni.

Australia found the discount at 76 minutes after a very strong shot directly to the goal by Goodwin and scored 2-1.

Argentina looked for and pressed to expand the score with several dangerous arrivals at the rival goal, but they could not find the third goal of the match and with the score 2-1 in favor of Argentina the commitment ended.

This match was the thousandth for Lionel Messi in his professional career. In addition, he became Argentina's second highest scorer in the World Cup with nine goals, behind Bautista with ten goals.

Source: FIFA.