Lionel Messi’s journey against Mexico

DBasia.news – Lionel Messi proved that he inspired Argentina’s victory. Currently, he is paving the way for Argentina to beat Mexico.

Argentina met Mexico in the 2022 World Cup Group C match, at Lusail Stadium, Sunday (27/11). Argentina needed a win after losing their first match against Saudi Arabia.

After experiencing a deadend, Argentina finally scored a goal in the 64th minute. Messi’s long-range shot hit the right corner of Mexico’s goal.

Not only scoring goals, Messi also provided assists for Argentina’s second goal which was scored by Enzo Fernandez in the 87th minute.

Inevitably, Messi was chosen as the best player of the match. Apart from that, based on the statistics collected by BolaSkor, Messi has also carved out some gold ink. Here are the reviews:

1. Lionel Messi is now the youngest player (18 years and 357 days against Serbia in 2006) and oldest player (35 years and 155 days against Mexico, 2022) to score and assist in a single World Cup match since the start of the tournament in 1966.

2. Lionel Messi has now scored as many World Cup goals as Diego Maradona (8). Now, only Gabriel Batistuta (10) has scored more goals than Messi for Argentina in the tournament overall.

3. Lionel Messi became the first Argentinian player to score and provide an assist in two World Cup matches since 1966

4. Since debuting at the 2006 World Cup, Messi has scored four goals from outside the penalty box. This amount is more than any other player in the same period (Diego Forlan and David Villa both scored three goals).

5. Lionel Messi became the first player to create assists in five editions of the World Cup.