Lionel Messi scored in Saturday’s 1,000th match of his illustrious career, giving Argentina the lead in their World Cup round of 16 clash with Australia as they go looking for the one major trophy they are missing.
The 35-year-old is Argentina’s all-time top scorer with 94 goals and was making his 169th international appearance.
In the 35th minute, he beat goalkeeper Mat Ryan for a corner to score his first goal in a World Cup knockout match, his third in Qatar so far, and take his total in the world tournament to nine, one more than the Argentine football legend Diego. Maradona.
Messi joined Barcelona’s youth academy aged 13, also becoming their top scorer, with 672 goals in 778 games, before moving to Paris St Germain last year.
In total, he scored 789 goals in his career.
Messi is playing in his fifth World Cup and says it will be his last, which makes it all the more important for him to win the trophy if he is to match the legacy of Maradona, his great predecessor in Argentina’s number 10.
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