Messi

2022 - 6 - 6

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Messi nets 5 for Argentina for 1st time, overtakes Puskas (The Washington Post)

Lionel Messi has scored five goals for Argentina for the first time in a 5-0 rout of Estonia in a friendly match in Spain.

He last year helped Argentina win the Copa América for his first major title with the national team. Messi had never scored five times before for Argentina at senior level. PAMPLONA, Spain — Lionel Messi scored five goals for Argentina for the first time in a 5-0 rout of Estonia in a friendly match in Spain on Sunday, becoming the fourth-highest scorer for a national team in men’s soccer.

'Extraordinary... the Messiah': Messi fires FIVE goals in 'astonishing ... (Fox Sports)

Lionel Messi scored all the goals in Argentina's 5-0 friendly win over Estonia in Pamplona, Spain. Messi joins a select club comprising only Juan Andres ...

I only have words of thanks to him. “You have no words left to describe him. Messi joins a select club comprising only Juan Andres Marvezy and Manuel Moreno to score five in a game for Argentina.

Lionel Messi scores all five Argentina goals in friendly to overhaul ... (The Guardian)

Lionel Messi scored all five Argentina goals in a 5-0 win over Estonia, overtaking Ferenc Puskás among the all-time international top men's scorers.

Messi is three goals behind the former Malaysia forward Mokhtar Dahari, who is third on the all-time list. Ronaldo scored two in Sunday’s 4-0 defeat of Switzerland. Messi became the first man to score five times in a European Cup or Champions League match and in an international game at senior level.

Lionel Messi scores five goals in a single game to climb all-time ... (CNN)

Lionel Messi scored all five of Argentina's goals as it beat Estonia 5-0 in an international friendly on Sunday.

He then added three more in the second half as he finished his season with a performance to remember. Despite a disappointing debut season in Paris, Messi proved he's still a class above the rest for his country. The 34-year-old was in clinical form as he opened the scoring with a penalty before adding four more goals in his country's rout.

Messi's top 10 performances for Argentina | Goal.com (Goal.com)

Argentina's Lionel Messi smashed five goals against Estonia on Sunday to add another vintage display to his collection in international colours.

"We can benefit from that." Beautiful." Their new star needed just three minutes to set up Hernan Crespo, and added his own before the end to make it 6-0 with a cool right-footed finish. Luckily, it all came off." "It all happened very quickly. - Getty - Getty But it did not change the captain's task much, as he dispatched a glorious effort to notch Argentina's third and round off a brilliant all-round display. Then, in injury time, it looked as though he would have the chance to add his own when Piero Hincapie appeared to commit a penalty on Angel Di Maria. - Getty - Getty - Getty

Messi bags five in Argentina friendly win (The Singleton Argus)

Lionel Messi has scored five goals for Argentina in a 5-0 international friendly rout of Estonia to extend...

He last year helped Argentina win the Copa America for his first major title with the national team. He moved past the 84 goals of Hungary great Ferenc Puskas to become the fourth-highest scorer for a national team in men's soccer. Messi had never scored five times before for Argentina at senior level.