New York: Three years, 35 matches, the Argentina team is undefeated in international football. Messi and his team also won the friendly match against Jamaica on Wednesday, making it 35 games unbeaten.
Argentina won by three uncontested goals. Messi, who replaced Lautaro Martinez in the 56th minute, shone with a brace. Messi scored double goals in the second match in a row.
Argentina took the lead in the 13th minute of the game through Julian Alvarez. Lautaro Martinez, who passed the ball to Alvarez with a great move, paved the way for this goal.
With the goal down, Jamaica went on the defensive. Meanwhile, in the 56th minute, the coach withdrew Martinez and put Messi on the field. Messi took the team’s lead in the 86th minute and completed Argentina’s goal tally in the 89th minute. Messi’s goal was a shot from outside the box in the 86th minute. The goal in the 89th minute was through a free kick. This was Messi’s 90th goal in 164 international matches. With this, Messi also has the achievement of being the third highest goal scorer in international football. Cristiano Ronaldo with 117 goals and Ali Dei of Iran with 109 goals are in the first two places.