The Argentine star Lionel Messi, the French player of Paris Saint-Germain, scored five of his country’s team against his counterpart Estonia, in the friendly match that brought them together on Sunday evening, at the “El Sadar” stadium, in Spain, as part of the Tango team’s preparations for the 2022 World Cup in Spain. Diameter.
Argentine star Lionel Messi raised the number of his international goals during his career to 86 goals, to become the fourth historical scorer for national teams, surpassing the late Hungarian star Puskas with 84 goals.
Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United striker, tops the list of national team scorers historically with 117 goals, then Ali Daei 109 goals and Mukhtar Dahari with 89 goals.
This five is the second in Messi’s career in the green rectangle, as he previously scored 5 goals in one match with his former team Barcelona in the Champions League.
Argentina national team
Argentina finished the first half of the match with a double by Lionel Messi in the 8th and 45th minutes of the match.
In the second half, Messi added 3 more goals in the 47th, 71st and 76th minutes of the meeting.
The Argentine national team entered the match in high spirits, after winning the Champions Cup, at the expense of its Italian counterpart, by three clean goals, in the match that brought them together last Wednesday night at Wembley Stadium in the English capital, London.
Argentina is in the Qatar 2022 World Cup, in Group C competitions, along with Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland.