Egypt were twelve minutes from the biggest upset of the round. Youssef Ibrahim's early strike and Mohamed Ziko's second-half finish had them 2–0 up and cruising. Argentina's central overload, meanwhile, was almost absurd in scale — 36% of their attacking output alone produced 2.87 expected goals and 17 shots, while both flanks combined barely created a sniff. Egypt made their limited possessions count early; Argentina's central volume finally told in the final quarter-hour. Cristian Romero pulled one back in the 79th minute, Lionel Messi leveled it four minutes later, and Enzo Fernández completed the turnaround deep into stoppage time — three goals in eleven minutes for one of the tournament's great comebacks. Egypt's collapse was as dramatic as Argentina's response.