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Lionel Messi moved onto 86 international goals in his 162nd match and matched a national record as Argentina thrashed Estonia 5-0 in a friendly match on ...

We continue to say that we are not the top favourites, but we will put up a fight against anyone, because this group is hopeful, it has clear goals. “We are working on a day by day basis in order to improve further. Messi has won just about every competition going, but he has one trophy yet to land in his huge collection. Messi’s efforts also matched the best goal scoring performance for Argentina in a single match. The Paris Saint-Germain star opened the score with an eighth-minute penalty in Spain and had completed his hat-trick by the 47th minute. He’s also as good a passer and dribbler as anyone that’s ever played the game.

Lionel Messi produced just the second five-goal haul of his entire senior career as Argentina thrashed Estonia in Switzerland on Sunday.

The only other time Messi had scored five goals in one game came in March 2012 when he helped Barcelona to a 7-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League. That was the first time any player had scored five goals in a single UCL game. His first was a penalty kick but the others were all from open play, including the the fourth which came from his weaker right foot. Lionel Messi Scores Five Goals In A Game For First Time In 10 Years As Argentina Thrash Estonia

Messi scored his first goal of the evening at Estadio El Sadar in Pamplona, Spain from the penalty spot in the eighth minute, firing his spot-kick into the ...

Messi's 86 goals for Argentina makes him the fourth highest goalscorer in the history of men's international football. Argentina continued to dominate against the side positioned 110 in FIFA world rankings and Messi grabbed his second on the stroke of half-time. Messi scored his first goal of the evening at Estadio El Sadar in Pamplona, Spain from the penalty spot in the eighth minute, firing his spot-kick into the bottom corner.

He did it once before with Barcelona, but this is the first time Messi has scored five for Argentina.

It marked the second time Messi has done this in his career. Just days after beating Italy in the 2022 Finalissima at Wembley, Argentina traveled to Spain for this friendly that figured to be one sided, but nobody saw this coming. For just the second time in his career and the first time with the Argentina national team, Lionel Messi has scored five goals in a single game.

It was Messi's second five-goal game of his career and first for Argentina -- giving him a total of 86 with the national team -- having reached the mark on ...

Last year, he helped Argentina win the Copa America for his first major title with the national team. He is unique and it's a pleasure to have him in this group, to coach him, how he behaves and how he dedicates himself to this shirt. He sealed the score with two more strikes in the 71st and 76th minutes.

Lionel Messi has been on a roll as of late for Argentina and his five-goal performance against Estonia was another instance.

Argentina was coming off a 3-0 Finalissima win over Italy earlier in the week. Argentina last won a World Cup in 1986. The Argentinian star led the national team to a 5-0 victory in a friendly against Estonia and scored every goal for La Albiceleste. He scored in the 8th, 45th, 47th, 71st and 76th minutes of the match.

Lionel Messi has scored five goals for Argentina for the first time in a 5-0 rout of Estonia in a friendly match in Spain.

He last year helped Argentina win the Copa América for his first major title with the national team. Messi had never scored five times before for Argentina at senior level. PAMPLONA, Spain — Lionel Messi scored five goals for Argentina for the first time in a 5-0 rout of Estonia in a friendly match in Spain on Sunday, becoming the fourth-highest scorer for a national team in men’s soccer.

Lionel Messi is a man on a mission with Argentina in 2022. After dominating Italy in the Finalissima, he scored five goals against Estonia in a June 5 ...

That also happens to be the most lopsided win in Argentina national team history. Albiceleste supporters only hope Messi can keep up the magic through the 2022 World Cup in Qatar as Argentina now has a 33-match unbeaten streak. When Lionel Messi puts on the Argentina national team shirt these days, he turns into a different player.

Lionel Messi scored five goals for Argentina in a runaway 5-0 win over Estonia in a friendly in Pamplona, Spain, on Sunday. The Paris Saint-Germain striker put his less-than-stellar club season behind him with two goals in the first half and a hat ...

Last year, he helped Argentina win the Copa America for his first major title with the national team. He is unique and it's a pleasure to have him in this group, to coach him, how he behaves and how he dedicates himself to this shirt. He is like Rafa Nadal, what more are you going to say?

PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — Lionel Messi scored five goals for Argentina for the first time in a 5-0 rout of Estonia in a friendly match in Spain on Sunday, ...

He last year helped Argentina win the Copa América for his first major title with the national team. Messi had never scored five times before for Argentina at senior level. He moved past the 84 goals of former Hungary great Ferenc Puskás.