{"id":50348,"date":"2026-06-28T09:58:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T04:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=50348"},"modified":"2026-06-28T09:58:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T04:13:58","slug":"argentina-march-into-fifa-world-cup-round-of-32-with-3-1-victory-over-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/argentina-march-into-fifa-world-cup-round-of-32-with-3-1-victory-over-jordan\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina march into FIFA World Cup Round of 32 with 3-1 victory over Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>Kathmandu, June 28:<\/strong> Defending champions Argentina sealed top spot in Group J of the FIFA World Cup 2026 with a commanding 3-1 victory over Jordan on Sunday morning, advancing to the Round of 32 with a perfect record.<\/p>\n<p>Goals from Giovani Lo Celso, Lautaro Mart\u00ednez, and Lionel Messi secured Argentina&#8217;s third consecutive win of the group stage, while Mousa Al Tamari scored the lone goal for Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina took the lead in the 19th minute when Lo Celso finished off a well-worked move. Mart\u00ednez doubled the advantage from the penalty spot in the 31st minute, giving the defending champions a comfortable 2-0 lead heading into the break.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan pulled one back in the 55th minute through Al Tamari, raising hopes of a comeback. However, Messi, who came off the bench in the second half, put the result beyond doubt with a stunning free-kick in the 80th minute to seal a 3-1 victory.<\/p>\n<p>The win saw Argentina finish top of Group J with a maximum nine points from three matches, maintaining their perfect start to the tournament. Jordan, meanwhile, ended their campaign without a point and were eliminated from the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina will now face Cape Verde in the Round of 32 as they continue their quest to successfully defend the FIFA World Cup title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, June 28: Defending champions Argentina sealed top spot in Group J of the FIFA World Cup 2026 with a commanding 3-1 victory over Jordan on Sunday morning, advancing to the Round of 32 with a perfect record. Goals from Giovani Lo Celso, Lautaro Mart\u00ednez, and Lionel Messi secured Argentina&#8217;s third consecutive win of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-main-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50348"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50350,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50348\/revisions\/50350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}