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“This is a special and beautiful time for us, we feel a lot of love from the fans,” Messi said at the ceremony dedicated to him.
Lionel Messi was specially honored
“It was time for a South American team to win the World Cup again,” added the captain of the Argentina team he led to victory in last year’s World Cup in Qatar.
Messi, 35, was the star of Friday’s friendly against Panama. In the 89th minute he set the score at 2:0. Thus, he scored the 99th goal in the national team and the 800th in his entire career. The PSG player needed 1,017 official appearances for that. Coach Lionel Scaloni’s team will play their next friendly against Curacao in the city of Santiago del Estero on Tuesday.
Author:LZS
Source:PAP/messages
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