Here’s how the world media reported Argentina’s standings for the round of 16 of the Qatar 2022 World Cup

The ranking of the Argentina national team in the round of 16 of the World Cup in Qatar was experienced with enormous happiness throughout the national territory. But also the world media reflected the victory against Poland.

The newspaper The country, from Spain, placed the Argentine triumph as the main note on his website. With the headline ‘Argentina defeat Poland to qualify for round of 16’ along with a photo of Messi and Dibu Martínez raising their arms in celebration.

Spanish also daily Brand reflected the news high up on its cover: “Argentina are in round of 16,” reads the headline. Alongside him, another note relating to Messi’s first post-match statements: “We took one step further, Now another World Cup beginsThere is also a third note detailing the penalty that the Argentine 10 missed.

Next to the Italian site The Sports Gazette, also on the front page the news of the Albiceleste standings: “With Mac Allister and Álvarez, Argentina came out first. Poland lost but went on”. In another article, journalist Andrea Ramazzoti analyzed Inter players who are in Qatar and described Lautaro Martínez’s performance as “failure“.

“Against Poland El Toro missed another opportunity. Scaloni initially relegated him to the bench to make way for Julián Álvarez and his choice proved to be the right one when the City forward scored the 2-0 goal. What about the Inter player? He came on fire in the last 11 minutes plus injury time and wasted the opportunity to make it 3-0 by kicking diagonally wide from an excellent position,” the Italian journalist described the striker’s performance.

But that’s not all: “After the two goals disallowed by the VAR (for offside) against Saudi Arabia and a colorless hour against Mexico, their World Cup continues amidst disappointments and wasted opportunities. This wasn’t the Qatar they had in mind Martínez” He was supposed to be one of the protagonists of the event and so far he has been almost invisible. Perhaps in the round of 16 against Australia he will have another chance to change history. Will he succeed?” lapidary

In Portugal, a ballhighlighted the game of Enzo Fernández, Benfica footballer: “Luxurious Argentina, with Enzo’s feet”, together with a photo of the player who came out of the lower ranks of River Plate in full celebration.

In South America the site or globe The classification of Scaloni’s team stood out on the cover: “With a little delay, that favorite Argentina has finally arrived in Qatar”.

While the Uruguayan Ovationheadlined: “Argentina beat Poland to qualify first to face Australia.”

Meanwhile in Australia, a country with little football tradition that will be Argentina’s next rival, has not given too much importance to the sporting event. One of the media that reflected this was The Sydney Morning Herald: “We believed it: the Socceroos will face Argentina in the round of 16.”

In Poland they thank Saudi Arabia

Both the site WyborczaWhat donethey spoke of a “miracle in Qatar” after losing the match but qualifying for the next round on goals scored.

In the midst of happiness for the passage to the last 16, the Poles celebrated but did not forget the help received from Saudi Arabia, who defended their goal against the third Mexican goal which would have meant the elimination of the European Championships. “We stayed at the World Cup! Thanks… Saudi Arabia.”

Instead, they used a metaphor to describe Poland’s qualification: “Poland hanging by a thread, the thread hasn’t broken. We’re still at the World Cup!”.

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