Austria marked their return to the World Cup after a 28-year absence with a tense 3-1 victory over debutants Jordan in their Group J opener on Tuesday, ultimately relying on a second-half own goal and a last-gasp penalty to claim the points.Romano Schmid opened the scoring for Austria in the 20th minute with a thunderbolt, but Jordan equalised five minutes after the break through Ali Olwan, who fired a sizzling shot inside the far post.Veteran Marko Arnautovic thought he had restored Austria's lead in the 69th minute, but his goal from a scramble was disallowed for handball by teammate Stefan Posch following a VAR review.However, just seven minutes later, Austria celebrated again as Yazan Al-Arab deflected a Marcel Sabitzer corner into his own net. Arnautovic then sealed the win deep into stoppage time, converting a penalty after Saleem Obeid was penalised for handball.Arnautovic celebrates scoring his team's third goal (Getty)Austria next group game sees them face reigning world champions Argentina on Monday, while Jordan look to get their World Cup back on track against Algeria. Earlier on Tuesday, Argentina began their defence of the World Cup in impressive fashion with a comprehensive win over a toothless Algeria, which saw Lionel Messi equal the tournament’s goal record. The 38-year-old equalled Miroslav Klose’s record of 16 World Cup goals with a hat-trick as Argentina began their title defence with a 3-0 win over Algeria in Kansas City.Argentina had started their ultimately successful 2022 campaign with defeat to Saudi Arabia, but avoided any such upset on this occasion thanks to Messi’s first World Cup treble.Messi’s second took him level with Brazil great Ronaldo on 15 goals across his six World Cup appearances.He was denied in a one-on-one by Algeria goalkeeper Luca Zidane and had a penalty appeal turned down before joining Germany’s Klose in a share of the record.Messi’s moment did finally arrive in the 76th minute as he collected Nicolas Gonzalez’s pass and fired a low effort into the bottom corner.