Lionel Messi broke down with tears of joy after Argentina survived a major World Cup scare to advance to the quarter-finals.The reigning champions looked set to be dumped out at the last 16 stage when they were trailing Egypt 2-0 with 12 minutes left in the second half.However, in one of the great comebacks in World Cup history, they scored three goals in 13 minutes to stun Egypt and set up a quarter-final showdown with either Switzerland or Colombia on Sunday, 2am (BST).And as Argentina celebrated at the full-time whistle, Messi cried tears of joy and relief that his World Cup will continue into the weekend.Messi was hugged by several of his team-mates – as an outpouring of emotion came out from the Argentina squad.ITV pundits Roy Keane and Gary Neville were quick to react to the scenes unfolding from the Atlanta Stadium. “He knows how close they came” ??Emotions were rife at full-time after Argentina pulled off one of the greatest-ever World Cup recoveries pic.twitter.com/LQ9TyhrxDn— ITV Football (@itvfootball) July 7, 2026 Lionel Messi cried tears of joy and relief after Argentina edged past Egypt in their last-16 clash Messi was emotional after seeing his side come from 2-0 down to beat Egypt 3-2 in the last 16 Messi was quickly hugged by his Argentina team-mates after Tuesday’s mesmeric match’Those are tears of relief, he’s getting that emotional,’ remarked Neville. ‘They’ve [Argentina] got an indestructible spirit. They are so wedded to that badge, that shirt, playing for their country. He [Messi] knows how close they came, that’s why he’s crying like that.’Keane concurred, saying: ‘My voice is gone. I loved it. Yesterday [Tuesday] we saw sad tears from [Cristiano] Ronaldo. Today we see happy tears from Messi. ‘They [Argentina] will not give up. The quality of their goals were amazing. Wow. This is why we love the game. Absolutely amazing.’Argentina fell behind in the first half when Yasser Ibrahim headed Egypt ahead on 15 minutes.Soon afterwards, Argentina had the opportunity to restore parity when they were awarded a penalty. Up stepped Messi but his spot-kick was brilliantly saved by Mostafa Shobeir.Egypt doubled their lead midway through the second half via Mostafa Zico – just minutes after having a goal ruled out following a VAR check.Argentina’s comeback started when Sergio Romero headed home on 79 minutes to give the South Americans some hope.Messi’s equaliser off the under-side of the crossbar on 83 minutes saw the momentum swing in his side’s favour and that was reaffirmed when Enzo Fernandez’s superb header in the second minute of second half stoppage time sealed their jaw-dropping comeback.How much is David Beckham set to pocket from his World Cup brand deals? Take on our quiz in our newsletter HERE.