Once again, the match-winning performance for the national team was presented by the Argentine magician Lionel Messi. He proved once again that the badge of hero in club football and zero in the international are unfounded. He led the team to victory in a magical performance with one hand.
After a long 18 months, the spectators have returned to the
field of Argentina. Messi has scored three times in a row by driving those
spectators crazy. Albiceleste beat Bolivia 3-0 in their ninth match of the
World Cup qualifiers thanks to a captain's hat-trick. All that is left now is
the eighth postponed match against Brazil.
Messi was in rhythm from the start of the match at his home
ground El Monumental on Friday morning Bangladesh time. He scored the first
goal in the 14th minute of the match. Later in the second half, Messi completed
his hat-trick by scoring twice more in the 64th and 6th minutes of the match.
Which brought his team a 3-0 victory.
In this hat-trick match, Messi has surpassed the Brazilian
legend Pel who has scored 6 goals in international football. At the same time,
Lionel Andres Messi has become the owner of the highest goals in the Latin
American region. After scoring his seventh hat-trick for the national team, he
now has 69 goals.
In El Monumental, Argentina controlled the ball for about 80
percent of the time. They made 24 attempts for the goal. Of which seven were
along the target. However, only three shots of Messi were scored. The first of
which was 14 minutes of the match.
Outside the D-box, Messi took a sudden left-footed shot,
beating opponent defender Luis Hawkin in a short pass from Leandra Paredes. The
Bolivian goalkeeper had nothing to do but watch his high shot from about 20
yards away.
Argentina goes to the break with this one goal lead. We had to wait for the second goal until the 64th minute of the second half. However, Lautaro Martinez caught the ball in the net in the 28th minute. But this goal was the canceled because he was a offside.
He missed the easiest chance to score in the 40th minute.
The Argentine forward hit the ball extended by Messi from the penalty spot.
However, Messi did not make any mistake. The Argentine captain doubled the lead
in the 64th minute from almost the same place.
Messi scored the second goal in a low shot between Lautaro Martinez's delivery inside the D-box. In this attempt, his first shot hit the opponent defender and came back. However, Messi did not make a mistake from the return ball. With this goal, he surpassed Pel and became the highest goal scorer in the Latin region.
Messi was still the rest of the magic. Shortly before the
end of the scheduled 90 minutes of the match, the Bolivian goalkeeper blocked a
powerful shot by Joaquin Correia. However, it could not completely clear the
danger. The Argentine magician Messi picked up his hat-trick by scoring a goal
easily after returning.
His hat-trick helped Argentina to a second place in the
points table. Argentina now have 16 points from eight wins and three draws in
eight matches in the Latin World Cup qualifiers. On top of all, Brazil got full
24 points in eight matches. Bolivia is at number 9.


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