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Argentina vs SaudiArabia: Lionel Messi EQUALS Cristiano Ronaldo’s tally of SEVEN World Cup goals against Saudi Arabia – Check Out

Argentina vs SaudiArabia: Lionel Messi EQUALS Cristiano Ronaldo’s tally of SEVEN World Cup goals against Saudi Arabia – Check Out

Argentina vs SaudiArabia: Lionel Messi FIFA World Cup Goal: Argentina football icon and skipper Lionel Messi found the back of the net in the first half of the Group C encounter against Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. With this goal, Messi equaled his long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal’s tally of seven goals. The late legend […]

Argentina vs SaudiArabia: Lionel Messi FIFA World Cup Goal: Argentina football icon and skipper Lionel Messi found the back of the net in the first half of the Group C encounter against Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. With this goal, Messi equaled his long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal’s tally of seven goals. The late legend played 21 matches for La Albicelestes and scored eight goals. Messi becomes the first Argentine to score in four straight World Cups. Follow FIFA World Cup 2022 LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN & Watch FIFA WC LIVE Streaming on Jio Cinemas. 

Argentina vs SaudiArabia: Lionel Messi EQUALS Cristiano Ronaldo’s tally of SEVEN World Cup goals against Saudi Arabia – Check Out

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La Albiceleste and Messi are presently playing Saudi Arabia in Qatar in the tournament’s opening match. The South American powers, who are strong favourites to win, took all but 10 minutes to score first. Ali Albulayhi of Saudi Arabia took down Leandro Paredes in the penalty area, and after a quick VAR review, the penalty was given. To start the scoring, Lionel Messi stepped up and took the penalty kick and sent Mohammed Al Owais the opposite way.

Argentina vs SaudiArabia: Lionel Messi EQUALS Cristiano Ronaldo’s tally of SEVEN World Cup goals against Saudi Arabia – Check Out

While competing against Saudi Arabia, Messi quickly scored to surpass Ronaldo’s goal total of seven goals in the World Cup. It took the Portuguese 17 appearances to do so while making two assists. However, Messi achieved the feat in 20 appearances. The Argentine also bagged some six assists in the process. The 2022 FIFA World Cup has seen Argentina captain Lionel Messi add another record to his impressive credentials.

Tally of Lionel Messi’s World Cup Goals:

No. Opponent FIFA World Cup Match
1 Serbia and Montenegro Germany 2006 Group stage
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil 2014 Group stage
3 Iran Brazil 2014 Group stage
4 Nigeria Brazil 2014 Group stage
5 Nigeria Brazil 2014 Group stage
6 Nigeria Russia 2018 Group stage
7 Saudi Arabia Qatar 2022 Group stage

 

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Messi became the first player from Argentina to score in four iterations of the biennial competition. In his 20th appearance, he scored his sixth goal of the match. In addition, Messi has five assists to his name. At 35 years and 151 days, he also broke the record for La Albiceleste’s second-oldest World Cup goal scorer.Argentina currently lead Suadi Arabia by one goal with the second half left.

This was Messi’s 20th appearance in the FIFA World Cup. The magician from Rosario needs just one more goal to equal Argentina football legend Diego Maradona’s record at the FIFA World Cup.

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