The goal with which Messi made World Cup history | OneFootball

Lionel Messi made fresh World Cup history. He scored before the interval after an early penalty miss to become the competition’s outright top scorer with 17.

The captain sent a penalty wide at eight minutes that would have moved him clear. Superdeporte notes he treats setbacks as a starting point rather than an end.

Just before half-time, Facundo Medina worked the angle for the cut-back that so often finds the no 10. There was no Jordi Alba, his long-time ally at Barcelona and now at Inter Miami. Yet the pattern felt familiar as Messi swept in with trademark precision.

The goal put Argentina in front. It also lifted Messi to 17 World Cup goals, more than anyone in the competition’s history.

Until then he had shared the record with Miroslav Klose on 16. In characteristic fashion, he turned a stumble into another indelible entry in his career.

Source: Superdeporte