Lionel Messi scored his tenth worldwide hat trick to boost his profession complete to 112 targets and in addition had a pair of assists to guide Argentina over Bolivia 6-0 in a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday.
After lacking a pair of October qualifiers whereas recovering from a proper ankle harm sustained within the Copa América, Messi performed your complete match earlier than raucous followers at Estadio Monumental who chanted his identify after he opened the scoring within the nineteenth minute.
“We loved this, we’re glad to be right here enjoying in Argentina,” stated Messi, who as soon as once more refused to say whether or not he’ll play within the subsequent World Cup in 2026. “This may very well be one of many final (matches in entrance of the Argentinian crowd).”
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Messi’s first purpose got here after a mistake by a Bolivian defender, who missed a cross and allowed Messi to run freely and end unchallenged in entrance of goalkeeper Billy Viscarra. Messi assisted on Lautaro Martínez’s Forty third-minute purpose and gave a decisive cross as soon as once more Julián Álvarez scored within the third minute of first-half stoppage time.
Messi added targets within the 84th and 86th minutes. The 37-year-old is second on the profession scoring checklist behind the 133 of Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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