The exciting draw was settled with a score of **3-3** against the Austrian national team and its Algerian counterpart, in the match that brought them together in the third and final round of the group stage of the 2026 World Cup, ensuring that the two teams qualified for the round of 32 along with the leaders, the Argentine national team.
The Austrian national team entered the match strongly, and opened the scoring in the 28th minute through **Marko Arnautovic**, before the Algerian national team succeeded. The equalizer was achieved at the end of the first half through **Rafik Belghali** in the 45th minute, ending the first half of the match in a 1-1 draw.
With the beginning of the second half, the Austrian team regained the lead through **Marcel Sabitzer** in the 55th minute, but Algeria responded quickly through **Riyad Mahrez** who scored the equalizer in the 60th minute, before the same player returned and added the third goal for the “Desert Warriors” in the 90th+3 minute, To give his country the advantage in the last minutes.
Although Algeria was close to concluding victory, the Austrian team refused to give up, as **Sasa Kaladzic** succeeded in scoring the fatal equalizer during the 90+6 minute, bringing the confrontation to an end 3-3 in one of the most exciting matches of the round.
With this result, **Austria’s team** secured the qualification ticket to the round of 32, and also guaranteed **the national team Algeria ** passing through to the knockout rounds, with the two teams accompanying **Argentina**, the leader of the group, to the next round of the 2026 World Cup.