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 Argentina needed Messi’s talent (once again).

With the contribution of the No. 10, La Albiceleste reached the World Cup Round of 16.

And he keeps making (more and more) history.

Making its World Cup debut, the African side was holding off yet another world champion after Spain and Uruguay.

The Messi vs Vozinha duel had only “shown up” once, with the goalkeeper comfortably gathering the No. 10’s free-kick. 

Bubista’s Cabo Verde looked very organized without the ball. And it wasn’t suffering.

Then came the cooling break and, once the match resumed, Messi was played through by Lisandro Martínez, controlled it and finished with no chance for Vozinha (28').

A goal “Messi-style”. 

Messi also made the difference with the corner that led to Argentina’s qualification goal in extra time. Securing yet ANOTHER milestone for himself. 

Want records? Then HERE YOU GO!

Messi now has 20 World Cup goals. Seven in the current edition. He moved two clear of Mbappé overall.

He reached 30 World Cup matches played (another record). 

He has now scored in eight straight World Cup games. He had already surpassed the then only record-holders Jairzinho and Fontaine. 

Cabo Verde is the 14th national team Messi has scored against in the World Cup. Another record for the Argentine.

The second in that ranking is Germany’s Jürgen Klinsmann, who scored against ten different opponents.

He became the only player in history to score in every stage of the World Cup, since the Round of 32 is a new addition. 

Messi ended a long drought without a player based outside Europe scoring at least seven times in a single World Cup.

The man who previously held that distinction was Jairzinho, the “World Cup Hurricane,” who starred in 1970 while playing for Botafogo. 

He also moved into first place for most World Cup assists after his first of the current edition. He now has nine. 

And he is the only player with at least seven goals in two different World Cup editions. 

Top World Cup scorers:

Lionel Messi 🇦🇷 - 20 goals

Kylian Mbappé 🇫🇷 - 18 goals

Miroslav Klose 🇩🇪 - 16 goals

Ronaldo 🇧🇷 - 15 goals

Gerd Müller 🇩🇪 - 14 goals

Just Fontaine 🇫🇷 - 13 goals

Pelé 🇧🇷 - 12 goals

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

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