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. He moved past the 84 goals of former Hungary great Ferenc Puskas.
The Argentina captain broke multiple records as he scored five for his country against Estonia in a friendly.
Lionel Messi has become the FIRST player in history who hits 1100 Goals & assists in his career. — MC (@CrewsMat10)June 5, 2022 — A. (@Abdullah_FCB)June 5, 2022 The extraordinary Lionel Messi has scored all 5 of Argentina’s goals tonight. Astonishingly, it’s not his goal scoring that elevates him from the other greats. For only the second time in his illustrious career, and for only the first wearing an Argentina shirt, Lionel Messi scored five goals in a football match.
Lionel Messi scored all five Argentina goals in a 5-0 win over Estonia, overtaking Ferenc Puskás among the all-time international top men's scorers.
Messi is three goals behind the former Malaysia forward Mokhtar Dahari, who is third on the all-time list. Ronaldo scored two in Sunday’s 4-0 defeat of Switzerland. Messi became the first man to score five times in a European Cup or Champions League match and in an international game at senior level.
Lionel Messi scored five goals in a friendly against Estonia on Sunday; He now has more career goals than the legendard Brazilian striker Pele ...
Ronaldo, by comparison, has just 20 goals in friendly fixtures. He is also the first player in history to score five goals in a European Cup match and an international fixture. Messi has now scored more career goals than Pele (pictured), and extended his record as the player to score the most goals for a South American nation Messi has also extended his record when it comes to being the highest-scoring player for a South American nation, having scored 86 goals for his country. Lionel Messi scored five goals in an international friendly against Estonia on Sunday - Lionel Messi scored five goals in a friendly against Estonia on Sunday
Lionel Messi scored all five of Argentina's goals as it beat Estonia 5-0 in an international friendly on Sunday.
He then added three more in the second half as he finished his season with a performance to remember. Despite a disappointing debut season in Paris, Messi proved he's still a class above the rest for his country. The 34-year-old was in clinical form as he opened the scoring with a penalty before adding four more goals in his country's rout.
Lionel Messi scored all five of Argentina's goals as they thrashed Estonia 5-0 in a friendly on Sunday evening. Messi became the first Argentine to score...
10h ago 10h ago Speaking after the game, Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said: “I don't know what else to say about Messi, I have no words left to describe it.
Argentina's Lionel Messi smashed five goals against Estonia on Sunday to add another vintage display to his collection in international colours.
"We can benefit from that." Beautiful." Their new star needed just three minutes to set up Hernan Crespo, and added his own before the end to make it 6-0 with a cool right-footed finish. Luckily, it all came off." "It all happened very quickly. - Getty - Getty But it did not change the captain's task much, as he dispatched a glorious effort to notch Argentina's third and round off a brilliant all-round display. Then, in injury time, it looked as though he would have the chance to add his own when Piero Hincapie appeared to commit a penalty on Angel Di Maria. - Getty - Getty - Getty
Lionel Messi scored all the goals in Argentina's 5-0 friendly win over Estonia in Pamplona, Spain on Sunday – becoming only the third.
And it's a pleasure his behaviour and how he gives his all for this shirt," Scaloni added. We are confident in our chances but we also know that football is difficult today, so we don't think we are unbeatable, far from it. There are no words left to describe him, for everything he generates," said the former Albiceleste right back.
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The 35-year-old has been linked with a move to Aston Villa which would see him return to the Premier League and reunite with former Liverpool teammate Steven Gerrard, who now manages the Midlands club. Fast forward five years and none of 'MSN' grace the Camp Nou pitch week in, week out. One of the greatest nights of Messi, Suarez and Neymar's spell together - up there with their Champions League heroics in 2015 - came nearly two years later against Paris Saint-German in the last 16. As it happened, he would join PSG a matter of months later in a £198million transfer, making him the most expensive player in history and breaking up the trident he formed with Messi and Suarez. It was one of the best days of my career." This helped Messi hit the astonishing tally of 58 goals in 56 appearances, while Neymar struck 39 times to fully announce himself on the European scene two seasons into his Barca career.