Argentina v Austria LIVE - World Cup updates and latest as Lionel Messi scores record-breaking 17th World Cup goal to put his side 1-0 up

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Here's a neat graphic from Opta on where he's scored his goals from.

And there goes the half-time whistle. Austria have it all to do in the second-half. Lionel Messi's goal separates the two sides, with Argentina holding a 1-0 lead

Since going ahead, the World Champions have been dominating the ball, passing it around nicely and not allowing Austria much of a kick. They're keen for the half-time whistle to come

Lautaro Martinez is involved in another tackle, where he - this time - is the aggressor with a potential kick out at Laimer. The officials give him a talking to, but that's the end of the action, much to the dismay of the Austria player

There will be an extra seven minutes at the end of this half

He has also become just the third player in history to score in six successive World Cup appearances. Where do the records stop?

Posch goes into the book for a silly, unnecessary coming together with Lautaro Martinez

The record is broken! Messi atones for that earlier penalty miss as he fires Argentina into a 1-0 lead that, on the balance of play, they probably just about deserve.

The ball comes into him from the left after an excellent move. He's arriving into the area late and, from 16 yards, beautifully converts by stroking into the bottom corner.

History made. A 17th World Cup goal - the most by any player, ever.

Romero and Gregoritsch have had a couple of comings together. The latter was down with a head injury after the first, the former had plenty of words following the second. That could get tasty.

Yes, there has been that penalty, but in the opening 35 minutes, there have been only four shots across both teams, just one of which has been on target.

That's a huge block from Kevin Danso, who manages to get himself back onto the edge of the six yard box to clear away Messi's strike.

The forward had the goal at his mercy, because the goalkeeper had come out to make an earlier interception, so had the defender been beaten, it was 1-0!

The European outfit started slowly, but they have - territorially at the very least - dominated the last few minutes.

Argentina have a lack of pace and have struggled to create too many opening so far, albeit the same can be said for Austria

And after that hiatus, the action resumes. Both managers will have been glad to have a chance to chat to their teams, so will either side benefit from it?

We have just had a two-minute break while Rodrigo De Paul was down receiving treatment for an injury.

It would have made perfect sense to have the hydration break then. Alas, instead the referee played on for a couple of minutes, and then tells the players to go and have a drink.

Austria get a good cross into the box and it falls to Marcel Sabitzer, who rattles a shot into the legs of Romero and it rebounds out for the first corner of the game, which is equally well defended

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Messi nearly tiptoes through the Austria defender, but David Alaba gets back and it might have been his contact in the end that sent the ball goalwards, only for the 'keeper to stick out a leg and divert away