2022 world Cup In the second match of Group C, Argentina and Mexico face off at Lusail Stadium.
Lionel Messi opened the lock of the match, which is vital for Argentina, and Fernandez, who was Messi’s assist, determined the score.
With this result, Argentina, which achieved its first victory in the tournament, held the tournament, while Lionel Messi signed many firsts.
TAKEN MARADONA
Lionel Messi made his 21st World Cup match, beating the record of the legendary Diego Maradona, the most played Argentine player in the tournament.
At the same time, Messi, who brought the number of goals at the World Cup to 8, also tied the number of goals with Maradona. Lionel Messi is second behind Argentina’s World Cup top scorer, Gabriel Batistuta, along with Maradona, with 10 goals.
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ARGENTINA HAS THE SIGNATURE IN 3 GOALS
Lionel Messi, who also scored against Saudi Arabia in the first match of the tournament, contributed to his team’s 3 goals.
Argentina, who scored 3 goals in the tournament, Messi scored 2 goals, while Messi was the name who assisted Fernandez’s goal.
Lionel Messi, who scored in his last six matches for Argentina and repeated the longest streak of his international career, became the first player to assist in 5 World Cups.
Messi had already played 6 consecutive matches between November 2011 and September 2012.
4 GOALS OUTSIDE THE PENALTY AREA
Furthermore, Messi, who has scored 4 goals from outside the box since his first match at the 2006 World Cup, has left everyone behind in this period.
Diego Forlan and David Villa are ranked after Messi with 3 goals each.
BOTH THE YOUNGEST AND THE OLDER
Lionel Messi is the oldest and youngest player to score and assist in a World Cup match since 1966.
2022 | vs Mexico (35 years 155 days)
2006 | vs Serbia (19 years 155 days)
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MESSI MAKES HISTORY
Lionel Messi, who played in five different World Cups for Argentina; Antonio Carbajal became the fifth player to achieve this after Rafael Marquez, Gianluigi Buffon and Lothar Matthaus.
Lionel Messi, who rocked Saudi Arabia’s goals from the penalty spot in the 10th minute and blew up the Mexican goals with a great long-range shot; He became the first player to score for Argentina in four different World Cups, beating Diego Maradona (1982, 1986 and 1994) and Gabriel Batistuta (1994, 1998 and 2002).
Messi also made history as the fourth player to score in four different World Cups, after Uwe Seeler, Miroslav Klose and Cristiano Ronaldo.
GORGEOUS TOP OF ARGENTINA
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Lionel Messi, Argentina He is the youngest player (18 years and 357 days) to play and score in a World Cup for his national team. Messi is the top scorer in the history of Argentina with 71 goals in 139 games.