Champions Argentina need extra-time own goal to get past Cape Verde into last 16

Six minutes into the second period of extra time, however, Lionel Messi swung a corner into the box and Cristian Romero rose to head home off the arm of Cape Verde’s Diney Borges and secure Argentina a date with Egypt in Atlanta next Tuesday.

Reigning champions Argentina were pushed to the brink by a Cape Verde side with incredible levels of resilience and needed an extra-time own goal to clinch a dramatic 3-2 victory on Friday and a ​place in the last 16 at the World Cup.