The Latest Breaking News from Lionel Scaloni

Both teams face a three-day turnaround before their last-16 game, with the Australia defender Milos Degenek saying players are being treated as robots

Manchester City striker Julian Alvarez scored his first World Cup goal to help Argentina into the last-16.

Alexis Mac Allister and Julián Álvarez scored for Argentina in a 2-0 victory but Poland go through as group runners-up thanks in part to Wojciech Szczesny saving Lionel Messi’s penalty

POLAND 0-2 ARGENTINA: Second half goals from Alexis MacAllister and Julian Alvarez saw Argentina recover from Lionel Messi's saved penalty to advance to the knockouts

Giovani Lo Celso cruelly missed out on Lionel Scaloni's Argentina World Cup squad after sustaining a hamstring injury while playing for Villarreal ahead of the tournament

David Beckham wants to persuade a number of top players - including Argentina captain Lionel Messi - to join Major League Soccer club Inter Miami in the near future

The two veteran superstars have competed for individual awards before and will both carry their nations’ hopes

Argentina will now look to secure last-16 qualification on Wednesday

Lionel Messi has already come to Argentina’s rescue at the World Cup. He might just have to do it all over again. Another emotionally charged evening awaits Messi and the football-mad south American nation that worships him when Argentina meets Poland on Wednesday for a match with so much on…