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>> reporter: was there ever any doubt, making his 1,000th career appearance? messi decided enough was enough in this game. he took it personally when it was still goalless. a wonderful finish from that man messi. his first ever goal in the knockout stages of a fifa world cup, his ninth overall at a world cup. alvarez doubling argentina's lead, taking advantage of a really bad mistake by the aussie keeper matthew ryan, who's going to rue that error for a long time to come. these were the scenes in buenos aires. they are obsessed with the game. they live and breathe it. we're going to get argent...

Strike. they show it cannot keep out. mexico's defenders rather slow to close him down and messi rolling it calmly to fernandez. what a moment for the benfica youngster, curling it to perfection. s he's now the judgest argentine to score. a massively important win for the south american giants who stay very much alive. they are well and truly inspired by that man messi. >> translator: after the goal, we game again what we are, and so it is great. we needed this result, we needed the euphoria in this game that we had to win to keep our place in the tournament. >> earlier in the day poland recor...