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Quarter-final
🇦🇷
Argentina
12 Jul 2026
2 – 1
01:00 · Kansas City
🇵🇹
Portugal
Match Prediction
48%Possession52%
16Shots14
2.30Expected Goals (xG)1.60
86.5%Pass Accuracy88.9%
How the Model Sees It Unfold
- Martínez · Messi⚽38’
- Paredes44’
- 58’Neves
- Molina68’
- 71’⚽Fernandes
- 96’Dias
- Alvarez · Almada⚽104’
- 113’Vitinha
Match Info
- Tournament
- FIFA World Cup 2026
- Stage
- Quarter-final
- Date
- 12 Jul 2026
- Kick-off
- 01:00 (local)
- Stadium
- GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium
- City
- Kansas City
48%Possession52%
16Shots14
7Shots on Target5
2.30Expected Goals (xG)1.60
86.5%Pass Accuracy88.9%
Pressing & Heat Zones
Argentina — attacking pressure
Compact midfield block springing into Messi-led counters down the right
Portugal — attacking pressure
High possession dominance with sustained pressure through the left channel
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Argentina subs
- 16Thiago Almada
- 15Nicolás González
- 5Leandro Paredes
- 17Giuliano Simeone
- 4Gonzalo Montiel
- 14Exequiel Palacios
- 12Gerónimo Rulli
Portugal subs
- 26Gonçalo Ramos
- 21João Félix
- 17Pedro Neto
- 23Francisco Conceição
- 20João Cancelo
- 14Samú Costa
- 12José Sá
A heavyweight quarter-final lived up to its billing. Portugal dominated the ball through Vitinha and Bernardo Silva, but Argentina's structure under pressure and the genius of Messi proved decisive. Messi's threaded pass for Lautaro gave the favourites a deserved lead, before Molina's clumsy box challenge gifted Bruno Fernandes the equaliser from the spot. With the tie heading toward penalties, Thiago Almada — on as a sub — cut Portugal open for Julián Alvarez to finish low past Diogo Costa. Emiliano Martínez did the rest, denying Gonçalo Ramos and Rafael Leão in the closing exchanges.
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- Lautaro's clinical first-half finish off a vintage Messi through-ball broke the deadlock
- Bruno Fernandes' 71st-minute penalty dragged Portugal level and forced extra time
- Julián Alvarez's 104th-minute strike, set up by Almada, settled an Argentina-Portugal classic
- Argentina's xG (2.3) edged a Portugal side that controlled possession (52%)
- Emiliano Martínez produced two huge saves in extra time to preserve the lead