The Battle of Lusail is the nickname of a football match played in the quarter-finals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup between the Netherlands and Argentina at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar on 9 Decem
Lusail Stadium, where the match took place
Argentina right back Nahuel Molina scored the first goal of the game off an assist from Messi.
Netherlands striker Wout Weghorst scored twice, including a late equaliser to send the match to extra time.
Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez made two key saves during the decisive penalty shoot-out.
The 2022 FIFA World Cup was the 22nd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022, afte
Battle of Lusail
…Arabic: معركة لوسيل, Spanish: Batalla de Lusail, Dutch: De slag van Lusail) is the nickname of a football match played in the quarter-finals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup between the Netherlands and Argentina at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar on 9 December 2022. Spanish referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz issued a FIFA World…
Russian President Vladimir Putin handing over the symbolic relay baton for the hosting rights of the 2022 FIFA World Cup to Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in June 2018.
Seven of the eight venues, including Lusail Stadium, the venue for the final, were new stadiums built specifically for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The eighth was heavily renovated.
Some venues, such as the 68,000-seat Al Bayt Stadium, were planned to have their upper tiers of seating removed to reduce capacity after the tournament, however this is yet to happen.