Lionel Messi was reduced to tears after his Argentina side staged one of the great World Cup comebacks, hauling themselves back from the brink of an historic exit to beat Egypt 3-2 in a last-16 tie for the ages.
The defending champions trailed 2-0 with just over 20 minutes of normal time remaining on Tuesday, seemingly bound for a shock elimination against a side that had spent most of the tournament sitting deep and countering. Instead, Cristian Romero, Messi himself, and finally Enzo Fernández in stoppage time turned the game on its head, sending Argentina through to a quarter-final against either Switzerland or Colombia on Saturday at Kansas City Stadium.
