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Messi transformed his penalty within the shootout and Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez saved two makes an attempt. Lautaro Martinez scored the deciding penalty.
The match completed 2-2 after extra-time, with Messi scoring one aim and organising one other. The Netherlands equalised within the eleventh minute of second-half stoppage time.
Argentina will now play Croatia within the final 4 after the 2018 runners-up beat Brazil earlier on Saturday.
It’s only the second time Argentina have reached the final 4 since 1990. In 2014, Messi was a part of the crew that misplaced to Germany within the remaining.
He appears to be like within the temper to get there once more in a event that he’s turning into his personal private spotlight reel.
When Martinez’s penalty hit the online, Messi did not head to the striker – in contrast to the remainder of the crew – however sprinted to his goalkeeper and jumped into his arms.
Messi had produced a mesmerising piece of ability to arrange the opening aim for Nahuel Molina within the thirty fifth minute after which transformed a penalty within the 73rd to make it 2-0 together with his fourth aim of this yr’s World Cup.
It took him to 10 targets within the World Cup, tied with Gabriel Batistuta for essentially the most for Argentina, and 94 targets in whole in his 169 worldwide video games.
The sport was taken to extra-time after a aim deep in second-half stoppage time by Wout Weghorst, who entered in its place within the 78th minute and made it 2-1 5 minutes later.
It was the newest second-half aim scored in a knockout-stage recreation at a World Cup and was cleverly labored, with Teun Koopmeiners feigning to curve a free-kick into the world solely to play it brief and deceive the Argentine defence.
Weghorst took a contact, held off his marker and slotted house a end on the stretch.
The sport featured 17 yellow playing cards, together with one for Messi, who had blood coming from his higher lip at one stage.
Enzo Fernandez hit the put up close to the tip of extra-time and was the one Argentina participant to fail to attain within the shootout.
The loss ended 71-year-old Louis van Gaal’s third stint accountable for the Netherlands.