Messi equaled Diego Maradona’s eight between 1982 and 1994 and the same number that Guillermo Stábile did in the first World Cup in Uruguay in 1930. With the goal he scored against Mexico at the Lusail Messi stadium, he was just two behind Batistuta.
The great merit of “Bati” was converting those ten goals into three World Cups: four in the United States in 1994, five in France in 1998 and one in Korea and Japan in 2010.
Messi is already the Argentine who has played the most World Cups with five editions and now he will remain alone in the record of matches played.
The 10 began its history in Germany 2006 with three games, then played five in South Africa (the only World Cup in which it did not convert), continued in Brazil 2014 where it completed seven until the final, in Russia 2018 it said goodbye with four and in Qatar 2022 today will meet its third presence.
The transcendental clash against Poland at stadium 974 that will define Argentina’s qualification to the round of 16 will also have special significance for the personal statistics of the winner of seven Ballon d’Ors. It will be the 999th game of his career and if he secures the advance to the knockout phase will be able to meet that lavish figure during the most important competition in football. Eight of the 788 goals he scored throughout his 18-year career were in World Cups.
Source: Ambito
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