Argentina qualified for the round of 16 after beating Poland at Stadium 974 on Wednesday night.
The South Americans thoroughly dismantled Poland to do it.
Mac Allister and Alvarez got the goals, but they should have had more after Messi had a penalty saved in the first half. Poland will be mightily relieved they didn’t.
Despite their defeat in this game, Poland qualified from the group stage of a World Cup tournament for the first time since 1986. They had failed to do so in each of their previous three appearances at the tournament prior to this year (2002, 2006 and 2018).
