Messi scored a hat-trick and scored two goals as Tango’s side increased their lead in the South American qualifying standings with 22 points, three points ahead of second-placed Colombia on 19 points .
The Argentine managed to achieve the 58th hat-trick in his career, whether with the clubs he played for or the Argentine national team, as he is only two hat-tricks away from equaling the number of Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, who has 60.
At international level, Lionel scored the tenth hat-trick of his career with the national team, equaling the number of Ronaldo and Portugal.
The American Inter Miami star scored the first “hat-trick” in his international career against the Swiss national team, in a friendly match between them on February 29, 2012. In the same year, he scored a “hat- another trick” against Brazil in a friendly match that ended with “Tango” winning 4-3, and in 2013, he scored a goal for the Guatemala national team with his third hat trick.
Messi scored his first hat-trick in his official matches at the 2016 Copa America, when he came on as a substitute to score three goals in the second half against Panama. A year later, he scored a decisive hat-trick against Ecuador in the South American qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Haiti was the next victim in a friendly match in 2021, followed by Bolivia later that year, in World Cup qualification in Qatar. In June 2022, Messi gave a great performance against Estonia, when he scored all five goals, which Argentina won 5-0, in a friendly match.
Barcelona’s Spanish star, who missed the goal in the 1-1 draw against Venezuela in the last round, took his international goal tally to 112, and to 846 goals in his career.
The little “flea” was also on top of the continent’s top scorers with 6 goals, ahead of Uruguay’s Dario Nuñez (5) and Colombia’s Luis Diaz (4).
2024-10-16 08:00:00
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