The Argentina team scored 5 goals in the first half of the friendly match against the Curacao team taking place on the morning of March 29 (Vietnam time). Notably, captain Lionel Messi scored a “hat-trick”.
Messi – the 7-time Ballon d’Or winner, took just 37 minutes to score a hat-trick in the friendly match above. Thus, this 35-year-old player has surpassed the milestone of scoring 100 goals for the Argentina national team , specifically 102 goals. This is certainly an achievement that Messi is looking forward to. In the history of world football, only Cristiano Ronaldo and Ali Daei have scored over 100 goals for the national team.
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Argentine striker Lionel Messi. Photo: VNA |
The 35-year-old striker has emerged from Diego Maradona’s shadow, after the football legend led the Argentina team to win the 2022 World Cup.
On March 25, the Argentine Football Federation renamed the national team’s training facility after Messi, just two days after he scored his 800th career goal in a 2-0 friendly win over Panama.
