Lionel Messi becomes joint-top scorer in the World Cup 🐐 | OneFootball

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.

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. 

At this point, we no longer know what to say except: he’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. 

A new record is waiting to be written — and broken. 

The player of a lifetime, right?

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