Jordan vs Argentina Score, FIFA World Cup 2026 LIVE Updates: Messi scores as ARG beat JOR 3-1

Jordan vs Argentina Football Live Score, FIFA World Cup 2026 Match LIVE Updates: Lionel Messi scored from a free kick and has now racked up six goals in just three matches in this tournament.

Jordan vs Argentina Football Live Score, FIFA World Cup 2026 LIVE Updates: Lionel Messi played only the last half an hour or so of the match and yet, took his tally for the tournament to six goals in three matches as Argentina beat Jordan 3-1 to finish the group stage top of the table. Messi came on as a second half substitute and scored from a free kick.

Argentina had made a raft of changes and yet they were the far more dominant side in Dallas. Giovanni Lo Celso put them ahead early with an inch-perfect free kick and Lautaro Martinez later converted a penalty to make it 2-0 in Argentina’s favour.

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The match is pretty much a dead-rubber, with Argentina’s status as group winners already cemented. It was hence not much of a surprise when Lionel Messi was listed among the substitutes when the starting XIs were announced.

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Jun 28, 2026 09:31 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: FULL TIME! Jordan 1-3 Argentina

Well there were five completely uneventful minutes of added time. The biggest cheers came when an updated score was shown on the screen of the other, utterly crazy game between Austria and Algeria. Riyad Mahrez had scored in added time to make it Algeria 3-2 Austria. For a brief moment, Austria were out and Iran would've smiled. But then Sasa Kalajdzic equalised for Austria with pretty much the last kick of the ball. The match ends, incredibly 3-3.

Jun 28, 2026 09:28 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: Abu Dahab being stretchered off

had a collission with Barco. Didn't look like much but he is stricken. He is being stretchered off. Nothing of note has happened in this game apart from that really.

Jun 28, 2026 09:15 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: GOAL! Messi converts the free kick

80th min: Oh Messi! The Jordanian goalkeeper should've done better but is there anything that can stop the Argentina captain? It wasn't the greatest of kicks really, not by his standards anyway. A low shot, not much of a curn on it and not into the bottom left corner either. But what seems to have caught out Abulaila is that Messi kept it very close to the wall. Still, you'd expect a goalkeeper at this level to deal with that.

Messi has scored his sixth goal of this World Cup already! He has become the first player to score in seven consecutive World Cup matches. Utterly bonkers.

Jun 28, 2026 09:14 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: Another free kick for Argentina

79th min: Messi brought down by Jamous, now this is a more dangerous area than where the last free kick was. Much closer to goal, just a little left of centre. Messi standing over it...

Jun 28, 2026 09:06 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: Time for the 2nd half hydration break

67th min: Well Argentina have been slightly sleepy in this half and really all momentum from this game has been sucked out overall. Messi's arrival hasn't really sparked anything in Argentina yet.

Just before resumption, Argentina make a change: Simeone off for Valentin Barco.

Jun 28, 2026 08:58 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: Free kick for Argentina...

65th min: And the great man is standing over it. Yazan Al Arab fouls Mac Allister around the middle a fair distance away from the box. Messi takes it on anyhow, it was a curler but it had too much height on it.

Jun 28, 2026 08:55 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: And now here comes Messi

60th min: It is a triple substitution for Argentina. Giovani Lo Celso, Lautaro Martinez and Nico Paz are the players going off, Lionel Messi, Thiago Almada and Alexis Mac Allister come on.

Meanwhile, Riyad Mahrez has scored for Algeria over in Kansas and they are now level with Austria at 2-2. What a game that is turning out to be. As it stands, Algeria are going through as the sixth-best third-placed team at the expense of Iran, who were heartbroken after their breathless game against Egypt yesterday.

Jun 28, 2026 08:51 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: GOAL! Al-Taamari gets one back for Jordan!

55th min: How about it! Argentina concede for the first time in this World Cup and it is a truely beautifully worked move from Jordan. Musa al-Taamari, who had just been brought in, gets at the end of a wonderful low cross by Haddar, smashes the ball past Dibu Martinez.

Jun 28, 2026 08:49 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: Messi getting ready to come on...

55th min: Well there are murmurs going through the crowd now and that is because Messi has taken off his bib and is putting on his match day jersey. He might play the final half an hour of this game after all. However...

Jun 28, 2026 08:48 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: Chance for Argentina!

53rd min: Martinez receives the ball, he is a fair distance from goal but he goes for a beautiful curler. It beats the keeper and raps the bar. Meanwhile, Messi is warming up.

Jun 28, 2026 08:44 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: KICK OFF for the 2nd half

All right, Argentina get us underway for the second half. Jordan make one change, Al Mardi goes out for Odeh Fakhoury. No changes for Argentina and so, no Messi yet.

Jun 28, 2026 08:27 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: HALF TIME! Jordan 0-2 Argentina

Well, Jordan have had their moments since going 2-0 down but really, this has been a walk in the park so far for Argentina. But well, the real news is what happening in the other match of this group between Austria and Algeria. Marko Arnautovic scored in the 28th minute to put Austria ahead. Rafik Belghali then equalised in the 45th minute and at half time, it is Austria 1-1 Algeria.

Jun 28, 2026 08:23 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: Otamendi almost makes it 3-0!

45+3 mins: Paz brought down on the right wing and free kick given to Argentina. Paredes takes it, the ball falls right on to Otamendi who misses the far post by centimetres. It looks like he thought he was off side when he headed the ball, he seems to realise that he wasn't and looks utterly disgusted with himself.

Jun 28, 2026 08:20 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: More Argentina domination

42nd min: Well Jordan's attacking phase seems to have lasted about 10 minutes after they conceded the second. The ball is now firmly back with Argentina. Nico Paz glides past a defender and puts in a low cross which is cleared off.

Jun 28, 2026 08:11 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: Jordan pushing forward now

35th min: Well, this is turning out to be Jordan's best spell in the game. They win their first corner of the match, Senesi blocks an effort from Fakhoury, the ball goes out of the box where it is met by the onrushing Abu Taha who goes for a stinger about 25 yards out. Lautaro Martinez with the block to keep it out.

Jun 28, 2026 08:04 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: GOAL! JOR 0-2 ARG (Martinez 31st min)

Lautaro makes no mistake with that one. Slams it into the bottom left corner. Martinez gets his first World Cup goal since he scored in the opening game of the 2022 tournament.

Jun 28, 2026 08:03 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: PENALTY FOR ARGENTINA!

28th min: Tagliafico with a low cross that Lautaro Martinez smashes on to the bar. It falls to Senesi who tries to score with a diving header, Abulaila does brilliantly to palm it away. But, but, but... there is a VAR check for a possible penalty. al-Rashdan seems to have caught Senesi with his boot while the latter was putting in that header. Penalty given, Lautaro Martinez standing over it.

Jun 28, 2026 07:59 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: Argentina with over 80 percent possession

27th min: Their possession was at 80.5% in the first minute after resumption of play. Normally, we have seen momentum shift after hydration breaks in this tournament, particularly in the first half. Not here. Argentina continue to push, Jordan continue to defend.

Jun 28, 2026 07:56 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: Time for some drinks

23 mins have gone by and the referee blows the whistle for the ad-break. Apologies, hydration break. The largely Argentinian crowd welcome it with all the happiness of a cat in a swimming pool. The DJ at the stadium scrambles to put some beats to drown out the boos, on comes "Macarena" and we can see some people in the crowd get on with those iconic steps. Ah the World Cup. Nothing like it.

Jun 28, 2026 07:53 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: GOAL! Lo Celso converts the free kick!

19th min: How about it! Lo Celso laces his boots through it, the ball goes past the wall and Jordan goalkeeper Yazeed Abulaila is rooted to the spot. From the dugout, Messi looks on with a smile. That was some goal.

Jun 28, 2026 07:50 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: Free kick in a dangerous area for Argentina

18th min: Right, time for Messi! Oh wait, he is on the bench. And so we see Lo Celso standing over it. Julian Alvarez seemed to be standing over it as well but then he walks off. It was a foul on Lo Celso himself by Mohannad Abu Taha, right on the edge of the box slightly to the left of the goal.

Jun 28, 2026 07:44 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: First corner of the match...

11th min: Giovanni Simeone finds some space on the right and absolutely charges through the lines and into the box, tries a cross from the right hand corner of it and the ball is sent out for a corner for Jordan. It comes to nothing for Argentina. We haven't really seen any kind of drama in the final third thus far from either side, outside of that disallowed Lo Celso goal of course.

Jun 28, 2026 07:39 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: Early chance for Argentina!

7th min: Argentina have dominated possession thus far, but Jordan have pressed them well too. That meant that there were avenues for Argentina to explore for a quick attack, which they mounted, found Giovanni Lo Celso up front but he is offside.

Jun 28, 2026 07:33 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: KICK OFF!

All right Jordan Kick off, attacking from left to right on your screens. They are wearing white and red, Argentina in their away navy blue colours, which veteran commentator Martin Tyler says on air was what they were wearing in 1986 in Diego Maradona's 'Hand of God'/'Goal of the Century' match against England.

Jun 28, 2026 07:25 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: The players walk out

All right, the two sets of players walking out now at the Dallas Stadium for the national anthems. First comes Jordan's national anthem one last time in this tournament and then Argentina's.

Jun 28, 2026 07:09 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: It's all over in Group K

Colombia go through as group winners, Portugal are second after the two sides play out an utterly breathless 0-0 draw. Davinson Sanchez had put Colombia ahead in the dying minutes but the smallest, tiniest fraction of an offside led to that goal being ruled out. It may seem unfair but hey, it is exactly these kinds of calls staying as goals which led to VAR being introduced before the 2018 World Cup. Congo have beaten Uzbekistan 3-1 and they are through to the knockouts as well. For now, they are the best third-placed team in the tournament.

Jun 28, 2026 06:54 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: A host of rested players for Argentina

Messi is just one of nine players who had started against Austria and are on the bench today. The only players retaining their places are two of the three Martinez'es in the Argentina squad, goalkeeper Emiliano and striker Lautaro. The only changes for Jordan are Odel al-Fakhouri and Ali Azaizeh coming in for Musa al-Taamari and Mahmoud al-Mardi.

Jun 28, 2026 06:51 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: Jordan vs South American opposition...

This is the first time Jordan are facing Argentina in any competition. However, they don't have a very good record when facing opposition from South America in general. Jordan have lost four of their last five matches against CONMEBOL opposition, the latest coming in an October 2025 friendly against Bolivia (1-0). Their only victory against a South American team was a 3-0 success versus Ecuador in an October 2004 friendly in Libya.

Jun 28, 2026 06:47 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: The drama continues in the group stage

Over in Atlanta, Congo have staged quite the turnaround after going 1-0 down to Uzbekistan early in the match. Eldor Shomurodov scored for Uzbekistan in the 10th minute. Congo then came back with Yoane Wissa converting a penalty in the 68th minute and then Fiston Mayele putting them ahead in the 78th. As things stand, Congo are going through as the second-best third-placed team.

Jun 28, 2026 06:42 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: Things heating up in Miami

The scoreline remains 0-0, although it is not for the want of trying. Colombia have taken 21 shots thus far but only six on target. Portugal have taken 12 and only 2 on target.

You can follow that match live here.

Jun 28, 2026 06:37 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: What's coming up for Argentina?

Argentina face fairytale story of the tournament Cabo Verde in the round of 32. That match will be at 3.30am on July 4 IST. If they go through, they could face either Australia or Egypt.

Jun 28, 2026 06:28 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: Here are the playing XIs and subs...

Jordan: Abulaila; Nasib, al-Arab, Abu Dahab; Haddad, al-Rashdan, al-Rawabdeh, Abu Taha; Olwan, O al-Fakouhri; Azaizeh.

Subs: Bani Attiah, A al-Fakhouri, Abu Hashish, Abualnadi, Obaid, al-Rosan, Badawi, Jamous, Ayed, Sadeh, Abu Ghoush, al-Dawoud, Abu Zrayq, al-Taamari, al-Mardi.

Argentina: E Martinez; Simeone, Otamendi, Senesi, Tagliafico; Lo Celso, Paredes, Palacios, Lo Celso; Alvarez, Lautaro Martinez.

Subs: Musso, Rulli, Monitel, Lisandro Martinez, Romero, Medina, Molina, De Paul, Barco, Gonzalez, Almada, Mac Allister, Fernandez, Lopez, Messi.

Jun 28, 2026 06:27 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: Messi to not start, and the touching way in which Scaloni revealed that

Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said at the pre-match press-conference somewhat informally that Lionel Messi will not be starting today. But the circumstances in which he revealed this information was the real story. Among the journalists was the 91 year old Macaya Márquez, covering his 18TH WORLD CUP and he asked Scaloni as he walked off if Messi will be starting. "I’d never reply to any journalist on this topic now… but it is coming from you, and so I tell you: Messi will not start," said Scaloni.

"I respect you too much, I’m proud to see you here," he added.

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Jun 28, 2026 06:22 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: A piece of football history for Jordan

Considering we reside in a country that can't even think of qualifying for any football World Cup, it wouldn't be too difficult to imagine just how big this tournament would've been for Jordan, regardless of how they have performed. There were those wonderful videos of fans watching the matches at the ancient Roman Theatre in Amman, for example.

Jun 28, 2026 05:47 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: The situation in Group J

Argentina are through, Jordan are out. Between them, though, Austria and Algeria are both on three points, with Austria ahead for now due to their better goal difference. Any head to head stats between them will come into play only after today's match in Kansas. If it ends in a draw, Algeria will have to be the side depending on the third-place standings to go through and they will do it, likely as the sixth-best side in those standings.

Jun 28, 2026 05:27 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: Today's results thus far

We had the final fixtures of Group L play out earlier today. England beat Panama 2-0 at the New York New Jersey Stadium while Croatia beat Ghana 2-1 at the Philadelphia Stadium. England and Croatia finished first and second respectively in the group and are through to the Round of 32 while Ghana also advance on account of being the second best third-placed team overall.

Jun 28, 2026 05:10 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: Meanwhile, in Miami...

Portugal vs Colombia is underway at the Miami Stadium, which is known as Hard Rock Stadium, home of Inter Miami and Lionel Messi outside of the context of this World Cup. Today, it is largely bathed in the yellow of Colombia and the loudest cheers thus far has been for whenever Cristiano Ronaldo got on the ball. You can follow that game here. Also underway is Congo vs Uzbekistan in Atlanta, although that match will hardly have any effect on Portugal or Colombia unless Congo score about five goals or more and the former lose. In which case, Portugal could slip down to third. But we really are reaching here in the realm of possibilities.

Jun 28, 2026 04:52 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: The importance of Messi for ARG

Messi scored all five goals for Argentina in the first two group matches, and now has 18 goals overall in his six World Cups. He had his first-ever hat trick in the tournament in a 3-0 win over Algeria to tie the career scoring record at 16 goals that had been held by Miroslav Klose of Germany. He broke that mark with the goals in a 2-0 win over Austria on Monday at the home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys — where the group finale will be played.

Klose played in 24 World Cup matches for Germany, which wrapped up his fourth tournament by winning the 2014 final 1-0 in extra time over Messi and Argentina. Kylian Mbappé matched Klose at 16 with two goals in France’s 3-0 win over Iraq later Monday. Mbappé, who has four goals in the tournament, didn't score in a 4-1 win over Norway on Friday in his final group match.

Considered by many to be the greatest player of all time, Messi has made 201 international appearances for Argentina, including a FIFA-record 28 World Cup matches. He has scored in six consecutive World Cup games, joining France striker Just Fontaine and Brazil great Jairzinho as only players to do that.

Messi had been dealing with a minor hamstring injury with Inter Miami of Major League Soccer that slowed him in the lead-up to the World Cup.

(Via Associated Press)

Jun 28, 2026 04:44 AM IST
Jordan vs Argentina, FIFA World Cup 2026 Live: No Messi in XI

Lionel Scaloni has said that Messi will not be in Argentina's starting XI today, but might make an appearance from the bench. Messi is currently the top scorer at the ongoing FIFA World Cup besides being the overall record holder for most goals in World Cup history. Can he continue the streak today?

Jun 28, 2026 04:38 AM IST
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