FIFA WC 2022: Messi sets world record, defeats Netherlands in penalty shootout, Argentina reaches semi-finals
In the FIFA World Cup 2022 , the Messi-led Argentina team has reached the semi-finals. In the quarter-finals, Argentina defeated the Netherlands 4–3 in a penalty shootout. For the second time in eight years, Argentina defeated the Netherlands in a penalty shootout in a FIFA World Cup knockout match. Eight years ago, Messi's team defeated the Netherlands in a penalty shootout in the semi-finals. The Argentina team will now play against Croatia in the semi-finals on 13 December. In this match, both the teams had scored 2-2 goals in the stipulated time. After this, no team could score any goal in the injury time and the result of the match came out in the penalty shootout. Messi also made a world record in this match. Messi has assisted his players to score five times in the knockout matches of the FIFA World Cup. He is the first player in the world to do so. All football records have been recorded since 1966, and since then no player has been able to assist a teammate more times in W...