Argentina could have four possible changes for their match against Austria at the World Cup.

The Argentina national team won 3-0 against Algeria and against Austria, they could have four changes in the starting eleven. According to Gastón Edul, Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni will not have the same starting eleven that started against Algeria, start against Austria.

Nahuel Molina was substituted in for Gonzalo Montiel, who started the match against Algeria and that is one of the changes that Scaloni could make. Nicolás Tagliafico is progressing well from his injury and Scaloni is thinking about possibly starting him or Facundo Medina who started against Algeria.

Nicolás González and Julián Álvarez for Thiago Almada and Lautaro Martínez are the other two changes.

Nicolás Tagliafico is progressing well from his injury with the Argentina national team.

Tagliafico missed Argentina’s 3-0 win against Algeria at the World Cup due to injury. According to Diego Monroig, the 33 year old is progressing well and aims to be back for Argentina’s match against Austria.

Facundo Medina started in place of Tagliafico in the 3-0 win against Algeria.

Lionel Messi is now the youngest and oldest Argentina national team player to score at a World Cup.

Messi had three goals for Argentina in their 3-0 win against Algeria to make him Argentina’s oldest player to ever score a World Cup goal. He is also the youngest player to ever score a goal at a World Cup with the Argentina national team.

On June 16, 2006, Lionel Messi played in his first World Cup match with the Argentina national team against Serbia and Montenegro. In his first World Cup match, he scored his first World Cup goal to become the youngest Argentine to score at a World Cup at 18 years of age.

Twenty years later, on June 16, 2026, Lionel Messi scored his first ever hat trick at a World Cup in the win against Algeria. At 38 years of age, he is the oldest Argentina national team player to score at the tournament.

Lionel Messi made World Cup history during Argentina’s match against Algeria.

Messi scored three goals for Argentina in their 3-0 win against Algeria, making World Cup history. The 38 year old became the first male player to play in six World Cup tournaments.

His first was in 2006 in Germany where he played one match, his second in 2010 in South Africa where he played five matches, his third in 2014 where he played seven matches in Brazil, his fourth in 2018 in Russia where he played four matches and his fifth was in 2022 in Qatar where he played seven matches to win the World Cup.