Officially... Messi is the legend of the world and the best player in football history (photos)
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The Argentine player, Lionel Messi, became the best in history in numbers after achieving more than one record in the history of the tournament to come directly after the Brazilian Pele, who won the title 3 times, while Messi succeeded in achieving more than one new world record with the Argentine national team in the World Cup, with his participation In match No. 26 in the FIFA World Cup, when he started as a starter in the final match against France.
Where Messi, 35, surpassed the German Lothar Matthaus, by a game difference, in the version that he said would be his last in the World Cup tournaments, and he had participated for the first time in the tournament in the 2006 version, and he is now participating in the fifth version and is close to winning the world title. Germany's Miroslav Klose comes in third with 24 World Cup appearances.
Messi also became the top scorer for the Argentine national team in the history of its participation in the World Cup through the Qatar version, after scoring his sixth goal against France, raising his tally to 12 goals.
Messi also became the first player in history to score in all stages of the tournament, starting from the group stage to the round of 16, then the round of 8, the quarter-finals and the final.
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