Lionel Messi grabs three new World Cup records 🤯🇦🇷 | OneFootball

The man of this sport.

Lionel Messi and Argentina are facing Algeria this Wednesday, June 17. Both teams are making their debut in the 2026 World Cup.

After a little more than 30 minutes of play, it’s fair to say the football legend has made a perfect start to his tournament.

His offside goal in the 5th minute helped him get into rhythm. Barely ten minutes later, the forward found the back of the net again. This time for real.

Thanks to that goal, Lionel Messi moved into a category no one had ever reached before.

In his sixth World Cup, Lionel Messi scored his 14th and 15th goals. He moves ahead of Kylian Mbappé and Gerd Müller. The Argentine climbs to 2nd place on the podium, level with Ronaldo Nazário. Miroslav Klose (16) is no longer very far away.

He becomes the first player to reach the mark of 22 goal contributions: 14 goals, 8 key passes. No other player has been so decisive on the international stage.

This long-range strike, which opened the scoring, was his fifth goal from outside the box in this competition. Since 1966, no player had scored that many.

Finally, Lionel Messi joins Cristiano Ronaldo and becomes the 2nd player to score in five different World Cups (2006, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026).

Before we see another player like that...

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