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Messi Free Kick Sends Argentina Through with 3-1 Win; First Player to Score in Seven World Cup Games

Lionel Messi scores a late free kick as Argentina beats Jordan 3-1 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and becomes the first player to score in seven consecutive World Cup matches.Messi enters in the 60th minute, records his sixth goal of the tournament and 19th career World Cup goal after Giovani Lo Celso opened with a free kick and Lautaro Martínez converted a penalty earlier in the match.Argentina finishes the group stage 3-0 with a +7 goal differential, advances to face Cape Verde at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami in the round of 32, and Jordan is eliminated after losing all three matches and scoring once.
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