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Sunday, December 4, 2022
Lionel Messi
Argentina star Lionel Messi on Saturday scored in his one thousandth profession recreation towards Australia within the World Cup spherical of 16 recreation at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium.
Saturday’s objective was Messi’s ninth World Cup, leaving him only one objective behind Gabriel Batistuta, Argentina’s highest World Cup objective scorer.
It was additionally his first objective within the World Cup knock-out stage, placing him forward of Argentina’s soccer legend, Diego Maradona, who netted 8 World Cup objectives in his lifetime.
Giving Argentina the lead some minutes to the top of first half, Messi’s objective got here from a free kick on the precise nook.
The prolific Argentine talisman performed a one-two near the field’s edge earlier than brilliantly putting the ball into the underside left nook of the online.
Messi, 35, has now scored 789 profession objectives. The seven-time ballon d’or winner had stated this might be his final World Cup.
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