Argentina vs Egypt - World Cup, Round of 16 (7 July 2026)
World Cup Round of 16 
Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Argentina vs Egypt
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Lineups & ratings
Argentina
4-1-3-2 Coach Lionel Scaloni
10
5
Paredes
3 ↓66'
6
7 ↓66'
Paul
24
9 ↓90'
26 ↓73'
20
23
13 ↓90'
- 15 Nicolás González for N. Tagliafico
- 22 Lautaro Martínez for R. de Paul
- 4 Gonzalo Montiel for N. Molina
- 19 Nicolás Otamendi for C. Romero
- 25 Facundo Medina for J. Alvarez
- 1 Juan Musso
- 2
- 8
- 11 Giovani Lo Celso
- 12 Gerónimo Rulli
- 14 Exequiel Palacios
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 21 José Manuel López
Egypt
4-4-2 Coach Hossam Hassan
10
3
Hany
15
Hafez
2
5
Rabia
17 ↓90'
8 ↓46'
Ashour
12 ↓73'
Hassan
19
23
Shobeir
11 ↓80'
- 14 Hamdy Fathy for E. Ashour
- 7 Mahmoud Trézéguet for H. Hassan
- 22 Omar Marmoush for M. Ziko
- 25 Zizo for M. Lasheen
- 1 Mohamed El-Shenawy
- 4 Hossam Abdelmaguid
- 9 Hamza Abdelkarim
- 16 Mahdi Soliman
- 18 Nabil Donga
- 20 Ibrahim Adel
- 21 Mahmoud Saber
- 24 Tarek Alaa
- 26 Mohamed Alaa
Bench · Argentina
- 15 Nicolás González for N. Tagliafico
- 22 Lautaro Martínez for R. de Paul
- 4 Gonzalo Montiel for N. Molina
- 19 Nicolás Otamendi for C. Romero
- 25 Facundo Medina for J. Alvarez
- 1 Juan Musso
- 2
- 8
- 11 Giovani Lo Celso
- 12 Gerónimo Rulli
- 14 Exequiel Palacios
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 21 José Manuel López
Bench · Egypt
- 14 Hamdy Fathy for E. Ashour
- 7 Mahmoud Trézéguet for H. Hassan
- 22 Omar Marmoush for M. Ziko
- 25 Zizo for M. Lasheen
- 1 Mohamed El-Shenawy
- 4 Hossam Abdelmaguid
- 9 Hamza Abdelkarim
- 16 Mahdi Soliman
- 18 Nabil Donga
- 20 Ibrahim Adel
- 21 Mahmoud Saber
- 24 Tarek Alaa
- 26 Mohamed Alaa