When Lionel Messi shines, the opposition is also impressed. must be It has become a rule in football. Bolivia saw it again. With that, the witness is the countless spectators of Argentina’s home field. Argentina thrashed Bolivia 6-0 in the World Cup qualifying match with Messi’s hat-trick. It is ripe for the top spot.
On Wednesday (October 16) at the Monumental in Buenos Aires, Messi stole the spotlight. He made a hat trick himself, scored two goals with his teammates. Lautaro Martinez, Julian Alvarez and young star Thiago Almada scored one goal with Messi’s hat-trick.
Argentina dominated the attack from the beginning of the match. They went ahead in the 19th minute. Messi got the ball from Lautaro in the box and hit the near post with a left footed shot.
The second goal came in the 38th minute of the match. Lautaro-Messi duo showed great football style in this goal. The Argentina captain took a through ball from a teammate and passed to Lautaro. The Inter Milan forward quickly entered the box and hit the target with a shot.
Messi-Lautaro wrote his name on the scoresheet, why will Alvaroz be left out? In added time of the first half, he also gave another shock to the sea level country. Alvarez led the team to victory by taking control of Messi’s high through ball from the midfield with a cool head in the box.
In the second half, Argentina continued to play with rhythm. Argentina coach made three changes together in the 65th minute. Alvarez was replaced by Almada. This star scored a goal. In the 69th minute, the young Turk got his name on the scoresheet with a placing shot from Nahuel Molina’s pass in the middle of the box.
In the 84th minute, Messi scored his second goal with a right foot shot after receiving a pass from Ezequiel Palacios. He then completed the 10th hat-trick for the national team with a left-footed shot from the middle of the box after picking up Nico Pass’ extended ball. Messi’s goals are 112 in international football. Ronaldo tops with 133 goals.
With this victory, Argentina is on top of the qualifying table in the South American region with 22 points from 10 matches. Colombia is second with 19 points in the match. Uruguay is third with 16 points in 10 matches.
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