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Argentine star Lionel Messi set a record during his country's match against his Croatian counterpart this evening in the semi-finals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Messi scored the “Tango” goal from a penalty kick in the 34th minute of the match at Lusail Stadium. He also scored his fifth goal in the World Cup and eleventh in the history of the FIFA World Cup tournaments, to break the number of his compatriot Gabriel Batistuta, as the best scorer in the history of Argentina during the World Cup tournaments. world with 10 goals.
And Messi became the third player from South America who succeeded in scoring 11 goals or more in the world championships after each of the Brazilian legend Pele with 12 goals and the phenomenon Ronaldo with 15 goals.
Lionel Messi, 35, also became the player who participated in the most World Cup matches in history with 25 matches, equaling the number of German legend Lothar Matthaus, followed by the other German Miroslav Klose 24 matches, and then Italian legend Paolo Maldini 23 matches.
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