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Ā·17 June 2026

Lionel Messi becomes joint-top scorer in the World Cup šŸ

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It was worth getting up for.

Lionel Messi proves to us, once again, that he is THE player of this fabulous sport that is football.

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Against Algeria in this opening group-stage match, Lionel Messi showed that he truly is the best player in the world, no matter the era.

Not happy? Hat-trick. The Argentine single-handedly crushed the Desert Foxes.Ā 

At this point, we no longer know what to say except: heā€™s the kind of player you turn on your TV for in the middle of the night.

In addition to this hat-trick, Lionel Messi becomes the joint all-time top scorer in World Cup history. He draws level with Miroslav Klose on 16 goals.Ā 

A new record is waiting to be written ā€” and broken.Ā 

The player of a lifetime, right?

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in šŸ‡«šŸ‡· here.

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