Messi participate in World Cups since 2006, and yet he was never able to score goals outside of the group stage, which was one of the elements that regularly criticized him.
In Germany 2006, he scored the sixth goal to close the 6-0 win against Serbia and Montenegro.
In Brazil 2014 he made it 1-0 in the debut of the albiceleste against Bosnia; for the second date, against Iran, he closed the game with a great goal from outside the area, getting the three points; and against Nigeria, at the end of the group, the man from Rosario scored two of the goals to close the story 3-2.
In Russia 2018, the Argentine team, led by Jorge Sampaoli, did not arrive in the best way at the World Cup and La Pulga scored just one goal in the group stage against Nigeria.
Now in Qatar 2022against Mexico opened the scoring in the 2-0 triumph of the National Team and equalized Diego Maradona in number of goals in the World Cup, with eight goals each: the top scorer for the albiceleste in the World Cup is Gabriel Batistuta, with 10 cries.
It should be remembered that after ownership of Messi against the Mexicans, he surpassed the 21 games played in World Cups, which allowed him to reach Maradona as the Argentine player with the most matches played in the World Cup.
However, despite scoring goals in almost all the World Cups, the captain was still unable to convert in knockout matches, the ones that are more gravitating because they are “kill-kill”.
Source: Ambito
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