2023-10-18 04:10:01
Lionel Messi became the all-time top scorer in the Qualifiers South Americans convert twice in the meeting before Peru, in it 2 to 0 victory for Argentina for the fourth date of the qualifier for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
The Inter Miami footballer’s first goal was number 30 in this type of match and with it he took first place alone, following leaving his friend the Uruguayan striker behind. Luis Suárez, who scored 29.
The man from Rosario finished a collective play that Enzo Fernández started and continued with a center behind Nicolás González from the left lane to find the “Pulga”, who finished with an overshoot and overcame the resistance of goalkeeper Pedro Gallese.
But this was not the only thing, since minutes later he converted once more and there he sealed his 31st conquest in the Qualifiers: Fernández overflowed once more, Julián Álvarez let it pass and Messi scored the second goal.
In this way, the world champion in Qatar 2022, He reached the top of the all-time scorers table in the Qualifiers. His journey to being the leader in statistics began in October 2007, almost 16 years ago, when he scored once morest Venezuela in Maracaibo in what was his fifth match for that
competence.
The Argentine star is already the top scorer for national teams in South America, with 106 celebrations. At the global level it is Cristiano Ronaldo who holds the record with 127 celebrations with Portugal.
The Inter Miami footballer from the United States has the advantage of playing these two days, since Suárez, who missed the games once morest Chile and Ecuador, He was once more not called up by coach Marcelo Bielsa.
Messi’s phrases
«This team is impressive and continues to grow, game following game he plays better. They compared it to Barcelona, which was the best in history, it is a lot but we are close. Whoever plays, we have a marked style.”
«We grew in the game since the Copa América, much more with the World Cup that we did later. ANDThe team is confident, very loose, always with the ball and protagonist, “We feel good this way.”
«If there is a good group and a good atmosphere in the locker room, everything is easier. We enjoy playing and spending time together. There are very young kids who won everything but want to continue winning, is the message that the coach sends.”
(About the season at Inter Miami) «A shame, we were close to qualifying for the playoffs, July was hard because we played every three days, we won an important title for the club. “I will play the remaining game to get to November well and then I will enjoy the holidays in December, which for the first time I will have more days.”
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