Lionel Messi scored a hat trick and surpassed 100 career goals for Argentina with three in the first half of Tuesday바카라™s international friendly against Curacao.
Lionel Messi scored a hat trick and surpassed 100 career goals for Argentina with three in the first half of Tuesday바카라™s international friendly against Curacao. The World Cup winners beat the Caribbean side 7-0 in their second match since clinching the trophy in December. (More Football News)
The 35-year-old Messi opened the scoring against Curacao in the 20th minute with a right-foot shot from the edge of the box to reach the 100-goal milestone. Nico Gonzalez added another three minutes later with a header from close range.
Messi then scored his 101st for Argentina in the 33rd minute with a crossed shot to the right of the goalkeeper and his 102nd in the 37th after an easy run to score. Two minutes earlier he had assisted Enzo Fernandez바카라™ blast from the edge of the box.
The Argentine captain trails only two players on the list of most goals scored for national teams in official matches; Portugal바카라™s Cristiano Ronaldo, with 122, and Iran바카라™s Ali Daei, with 109.