Argentina were awarded a penalty in the opening 10 minutes when Lautaro Martinez got caught in a challenge with Austria duo Stefan Posch and Schlager and, after a lengthy VAR check, Messi had an early chance to break the scoring record, but sent his spot-kick wide.
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