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Argentina v Australia: World Cup 2022, last 16 – live

03-Dec-2022 17:30:49 | The Guardian

• Updates from the 7pm GMT kick-off at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
• You can contact Rob here with your thoughts

The team news should drop just over an hour before kick-off. The short turnaround time – both these teams played on Wednesday – means there may be one or two changes.

Hello and welcome to the battle of the bouncebackables. Of the 16 15 (farewell, USA) teams left in the World Cup last-chance saloon, Argentina and Australia have been there the longest. They each lost their first game 12 days ago, Argentina earthquakingly, before recovering to win the last two and qualify fir the knockout stage with authority. Argentina topped their group and rediscovered their swagger against Poland; Australia put out a fancied Denmark team and only finished behind France on goal difference.