France, July 8 -- Yasser Ibrahim opened the scoring for Egypt in the 15th minute of the last 16 clash at the Atlanta Stadium.

Argentina skipper Lionel Messi fluffed a chance to equalise from the penalty spot six minutes later. Egypt goalkeeper Mostafa Shobeir dived to his left to save the effort.

And Messi's misery was compounded mid way through the second half when Mostafa Zaki Abdelraouf doubled Egypt's advantage.

But with 11 minutes of regulation time as well as stoppage time remaining, Argentina began their fightback.

Messi floated a cross over from the right wing and Cristian Romero rose to head past Shobeir.

And four minutes later, Messi atoned for his earlier blunder. Argentina fight back

The 39-year-old thrashed the ball int...