Lionel Messi chases World Cup history against Austria | OneFootball

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MISS! Lionel Messi had the chance to break the World Cup scoring record but MISSED the target. It was a poor one.

And now Messi has the chance to break the World Cup goalscoring record.

PENALTY!

The more you look at that, the more it does look like a foul on Lautaro. Let's see what the referee decides.

The referee is being sent across to the screen here.

The Argentina players are still speaking to the referee and he's now checking the foul! Are we about to get an overturned decision here?

Lautaro is still down for Argentina and is now being seen by the physios.

Penalty?! No! The referee waves away the protests after Lautaro was taken down in the area. The crowd aren't having that.

It was given as a corner but that's been overturned and now Austria have their first chance of some possession.

Argentina are enjoying most of the ball early on and have earned themselves a corner inside two minutes.

The countdown is happening ... and we have kick off in Dallas!!

Some mind games early on in the tunnel earlier ...

It's safe to say that Argentina fans are outnumbering their Austrian counterparts in Dallas but the Austrians are really belting out their anthem right now.

We're out on the pitch with the anthems just a few minutes away. The atmosphere is electric.

The teams are in the tunnel and kick off is not too far away.

A stat on the BBC coverage of this game has just revealed that Austria made more high speed runs against Jordan than any other side on Matchday 1.

Here's your 15 minute warning for kick off in Dallas.

And here's the main man ...

Argentina are looking well up for this ...

Just under half an hour to go until kick off here. And a note that the roof is on and the AC is cranked up inside the stadium in Dallas.

Outside of the game today, Alan Shearer has been looking ahead to tomorrow's England match ...

Not only is Messi chasing the all-time scorer record today, but another record could go his way too ...

Sign us up for some of this ...

Some great stuff from the Austria fans ...

This is what the World Cup is all about ...

Marcel Sabitzer will be making his 100th appearance for Austria today ...

Some more of the madness from Dallas here ...

The team news is in from the FIFA website and the GOAT takes his place in attack ...

Dallas is looking the part ...

Things won't be going all Messi's way today though. He's facing an Austria side who impressed in their opening game and are really humming under the tutelage of Ralf Rangnick. This really is going to be a fascinating match.

Messi has got 16 goals across his six World Cups and now needs just one more to go alone in the rankings. The multiple Ballon d'Or winner scored a hat-trick in his last match against Algeria, so don't count against him doing something similar again later.

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to our World Cup live blog on a day in which history could be made! Lionel Messi is just one away from overtaking Miroslav Klose as the World Cup's all-time scorer. Can he do it? We'll find out in about 90 minutes time.