After setting up a quarter-final date with the Netherlands, Messi: “we have taken another little step forward”

Lionel Messi finally scored a goal in the knockout rounds of the World Cup on Saturday as he inspired Argentina to a 2-1 win over Australia that sets up a mouthwatering quarter-final showdown with the Netherlands, who proved too strong for the United States earlier. Argentine Tango captain Lionel Messi commented on his country's qualification to the quarter-finals of the World Cup at the expense of Australia, Messi said, “We controlled this Match. Apart from the last save that Dibu (Martínez) made, we didn't suffer too much”.
“It was a really physical game but I am very happy with the victory and that we have taken another little step forward,” Messi told Argentine television. "It was a really physical game but I am very happy with the victory and that we have taken another little step forward," Messi told Argentine television.
It was a classy finish from a player appearing at his fifth World Cup but who had never previously found the net in a knockout tie at the tournament he is looking to win for the first time at the age of 35.
Argentina set up a quarter-final date with the Dutch after the last 16 wins over Australia after the Australian crunched the USA team 3-1.