Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick in his 200th match, becoming the first player to appear in six World Cups and equalling Miroslav Klose's record of 16 World Cup goals.
The Group J game between a Jordanian team at the World Cup for the first time and an Austria squad back on football's biggest stage after missing the last six tournaments featured plenty of excitement.
Argentina warmed up for the event, which is being co-hosted in Mexico, Canada, and the United States, with a 3-0 win over Iceland in Auburn last week.
Lionel Messi and Argentina hope to become the first repeat World Cup champions in six decades. Their opponents in Group J have plans of their own