Definitions in groups C and D for the tenth date in the World Cup in Qatar. In the first hour France vs Tunisia. And Australia vs Denmark.
In the second round, Argentina vs Poland and Saudi Arabia vs Mexico.
Those who made it to the round of 16 (except for France, which had already qualified) are listed below.
Let's remember that the Netherlands and Senegal from Group A and England and USA from Group A have qualified.
Australia defeated Denmark and qualified to the round of 16.
On Wednesday, Group D of Qatar 2022 was defined, and after France's qualification last week, Australia was the other team to get into the top 16 of the tournament.
With a great goal by Mathew Leckie 15 minutes into the second half, the team coached by Graham Arnold defeated Denmark 1-0 and qualified in second place in this zone with 6 points.
Australia, which had reached this World Cup after eliminating Peru in the play-offs, lost 2-1 to France in their debut, but then they won twice in a row (they defeated Tunisia 1-0 last week) and ended up qualifying to the round of 16.
With this victory, the "Socceroos" could be Argentina's opponent in the first round of the playoffs, provided that Lionel Scaloni's team defeats Poland.
In the other group match, France, which had already qualified for the round of 16, fielded an alternative team and ended up losing its unbeaten record after a 1-0 defeat against Tunisia, which left the tournament with 4 points.
Australia, which had reached this World Cup after eliminating Peru in the play-offs, lost 2-1 to France in their debut, but then they won twice in a row (they defeated Tunisia 1-0 last week) and ended up qualifying for the round of 16.
The only goal at the Education City Stadium was scored by Wahbi Khazr.
Tunisia defeated France, but they have now bowed out of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
The African team won 1-0 against an already qualified world champion that looked after its players, but Australia's victory over Denmark put them out of the round of 16.
TUNISIA achieved a historic victory against France, who had to save most of their starters because they had already qualified for the round of 16, but it was not enough to get out of the first round of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
The African team won 1-0 against the world champion, but was left out of the round of 16 by Australia's 1-0 win over Denmark, the first big disappointment of the World Cup group stage.
Wahbi Khazri scored Tunisia's only goal of the match, which in turn was his team's only celebration of the entire World Cup.
Tunisia finished with four points, two behind France, leader on goal difference, and Australia, which won its last two matches to finish as runner-up.
In the last play of the match, the VAR deprived the French national team of finishing the group stage of the Qatar 2022 World Cup undefeated. Antoine Griezmann had scored the equalizer against Tunisia, so in the end it was the Africans who came out on top.
You have to go all the way back to the quarterfinals of Brazil 2014 to find the last defeat for the reigning world champions. On that occasion, they bowed out of the tournament after losing 1-0 to Germany.
The Tunisians snapped Les Bleus' nine-match winning streak with eight wins and a draw. In this year's Qatar 2022, they won their first two matches against Australia and Denmark.
The North African team was also the third team from this continent to defeat the reigning world champions. In two of them, the French were the victims; the first one was against Senegal in 2002.
Argentina beat Poland and qualified for the round of 16 of the Qatar World Cup as first in its Group.
Argentina went back to its roots and its collective performance to break down Poland's defensive approach. Lionel Scaloni's team defeated the Europeans 2-0, qualified in the first place of Group C of the Qatar 2022 World Cup and avoided France in the round of 16. They will now play Australia on Saturday in search of the quarterfinals. Lionel Messi missed a penalty in the first half but Alexis Mac Allister and Julián Álvarez did the scoreboard justice with two heart-stopping goals. A great match for La Scaloneta!
The Albiceleste imposed its proposal at the beginning and took control of the actions at all times. They tirelessly searched for the goal with countless situations and a totally different performance than in previous matches. The National Team improved and showed its best version in all lines. The attack lacked the final touch. Lionel Messi had three clear chances, Marcos Acuña almost scored a great goal and Julián Álvarez missed two chances prevented by Wojciech Szczesny, the star of the first stage.
Lionel Scaloni's team stood up in the opponent's field and deserved the lead, but they could not get it due to a controversial penalty for an alleged infringement by the goalkeeper on Messi. However, the action did not end with a happy ending because Szczesny guessed the post and saved a penalty that meant a goal for the Poles. The fans lamented the missed penalty but immediately cheered 'Leo' with the traditional songs.
Poland was non-existent in attack and the Albiceleste defense erased Robert Lewandowski and company. Not a single chance of danger was created by the Europeans, who suffered the power of Nicolás Otamendi and Cristian Romero and the speed in the crosses of Nahuel Molina. Rodrigo De Paul improved his game and was the driving force of the formation, running for miles and miles (as always) and improving his passing accuracy in this tournament. Julián Álvarez and Ángel Di María were solutions against the Polish defensive wall despite lacking the last stretch to complete the necessary goal. Argentina did enough to go into the break with the victory. They created ten risky chances but collided against Szczesny, the European support.
The deserved deserves were done justice at the start of the second half and a collective play (as in every game) on the right opened the way for the Rio de la Plata team. Ángel Di María passed the ball to Nahuel Molina, who crossed the ball to Alexis Mac Allister, who shot a defective and effective shot into Szczesny's mousetrap. The goal caused total delirium in the 974 stadium and an outpouring of joy in the stands.
Argentina did not lose control of the game with the goal and looked for the second to gain peace of mind. Scaloni's first changes (Leandro Paredes and Nicolás Tagliafico for Ángel Di María and Marcos Acuña) allowed them to give the ball away but also to create spaces for counterattacks, such as the one that Szczesny blocked from Alexis Mac Allister. Lionel Messi was the master of driving counterattacks but the anger for the missed penalty played a dirty trick on him by always defining himself with other passing alternatives. But if there is one thing that 'Leo' never lacked, it was the effort and the desire to make up for his mistake.
A Riverplatense dupla sentenced the story to bring more water to the Argentinean mill. Enzo Fernandez faced the ball, broke the lines and assisted Julian Alvarez, ready to fire a cross-shot into the corner, a goal and tranquility!
The Albiceleste never lost the idea of the game and always went in search of more difference. It was a sweeping victory that could have brought more goals if Lautaro Martinez (came on for Julian Alvarez) had been more accurate.
Argentina did its job and convinced. That is the most important thing. They dominated the game for more than ninety minutes and returned to their best version with high performances in all their lines. La Scaloneta was on fire and will now face Australia in the round of 16 of the World Cup.
Mexico beat Saudi Arabia but both of them said goodbye to the World Cup.
Mexico, coached by the Argentine Gerardo Martino, defeated Saudi Arabia 2-1 in Group C of the Qatar World Cup, but was eliminated after finishing below Poland on goal difference, which will play in the round of 16 against France, which won Zone D.
The match was played at the Lusail stadium, at the same time as the other Group C match between Argentina and Poland, with English referee Michael Oliver and the Mexican goals were scored by César Montes and Luis Chávez, from a free kick; Salem Al Dawsari scored the second goal, all in the final part of the match.
Poland qualified because it finished with 4 points and zero goal difference (2 goals scored and 2 conceded); while Mexico also finished with 4 points, but with minus 1 goal difference (2 goals scored against 3 conceded).
The final part of the match started with the same characteristics as the first one and Mexico took Arabia by surprise and quickly got their reward, after 2 minutes when they took the lead.
Luis Chávez, the star of the match, took a corner from the left sector, César Montes deflected it at the near post and Henry Martín pushed it into the net, under the goal line.
In the 7th minute, Mexico stretched its lead with a wonderful free kick goal by Luis Chavez, who drove the ball into Mohammed Al Owais' left corner from 35 meters.
In the fifth minute of stoppage time, Salem Al Dawsari, in an isolated play and on the counter, scored the equalizer and left Mexico with nothing.
Source: FIFA.

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