An untenable Lionel Messi scored five goals as Argentina beat Estonia in a friendly on Sunday in Pamplona, Spain.
Messi opened the scoring in the eighth minute with a penalty then scored four goals in thirty minutes (45th, 47th, 71st, 76th).
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"La Pulga" becomes the third player of his selection to register a quintuplet, with Juan Andrés Marvezy (against Ecuador in 1941) and Manuel Moreno (against Ecuador in 1942).
The Paris Saint-Germain striker is also the player who holds the record number of goals in the history of Argentina with 86 goals in total.
Lionel Scaloni's side have been unbeaten for 33 games.
Argentina's last defeat was in July 2019, against Brazil, who won (2-0) in the Copa America semi-finals.
It is therefore a new river victory for the Albiceleste, after that against Italy in the Finalissima (3-0) which pitted the champions of the Copa America and the Euro in London against each other.
The Argentinian leader had already been the great architect of this victory by giving two assists.
