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| Argentina’s forward Lionel Messi (L) fights for the ball with Estonia’s defender Karol Mets during the international friendly football match between Argentina and Estonia at El Sadar stadium in Pamplona on June 5, 2022. |
Lionel Messi scored all the goals in
Argentina’s 5-0 friendly win over Estonia in Pamplona, Spain on Sunday. Messi
joins a select club comprising only Juan Andres Marvezy and Manuel Moreno to score five in a game for
Argentina.
The seven-time
Ballon d’Or scored from the spot in the eighth minute, then added four more in
the space of half an hour (45, 47, 71 and 76 minutes).
His quintet
extended his record tally of goals for his country to 86.
Lionel Scaloni’s
side are unbeaten in 33 matches, the last loss a 2-0 defeat to Brazil in the
semi-finals of the 2019 Copa America.
At the World Cup
finals in Qatar later this year Argentina are drawn with Saudi Arabia, Mexico
and Poland.
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