The captain of the Argentine National Team is about to achieve a brand that so far could never get in his career and is to be the top scorer of qualifiers.
The captain of the ARGENTINE SELECTION, Lionel MessiI could get a new achievement in his unique career even despite his absence in tonight’s game against Ecuador: be the top scorer of some Qualifying
This is because Messi, Who continues to shine at 38, is the top scorer in these South American qualifiers Rumbo to World Cup 2026. The Argentine star arrived at Eight goals Thanks to its double against Venezuela, Last Thursday, and surpassed the Colombian Luis Díaz.
This way, Messi, It could be the top scorer in an edition of the South American Qualifiers for the first time in their career and all this without playing on the last date before Ecuador.
The only way this does not happen would be if Luis Díaz or the Bolivian Miguel Third They make a double this Tuesday playing for their respective selections (Bolivia will receive a Brazil and Colombia will visit a Venezuela).
This was the sixth participation of Messi in one South American tiesince he also played the classifiers for the World Cups of Germany 2006 (He didn’t make goals), South Africa 2010 (4 goals), Brazil 2014 (10 goals), Russia 2018 (7 goals) and Qatar 2022 (7 goals).
The occasion when the scorer had been closer was in the Qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, in which he turned 10 times, only one less than Uruguayan Luis Suárez.
All Messi’s goals in these South American Qualifiers
- A goal in triumph 1 – 0 against Ecuador on date 1
- Double in triumph 2 – 0 against Peru on date 4
- Triplet in triumph 6 – 0 against Bolivia on date 10
- Double in triumph 3 – 0 against Venezuela on date 17
Table of scorers of the qualifiers:
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Source: Ambito
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