Inter Miami CF and Argentina midfielder Lionel Messi set a new all-time record playing and scoring in his sixth FIFA World Cup tournament. Herons midfielder Rodrigo De Paul was also in the starting lineup for Argentina.
Messi participated in his 27th World Cup tournament contest, which is an all-time record. He played in his 200th international game for Argentina. It is third all-time among players in international appearances/caps representing their country.
In the first half, Argentina got out in front 1-0 in the 17th minute. De Paul threaded a lead pass from the midfield circle. Messi dribbled up the middle of the field and then blasted a left-footed shot from 21 yards away into the top right corner of the cage. It was Messi's 14th World Cup goal which tied him with Gerd Muller of Germany and Kylian Mbappe of France for third all-time.
It became 2-0 for Argentina in the 60th minute as Messi placed in his second goal of the contest. Alexis Mac Allister fired a right-footed shot from 28 yards that Algeria goalie Luca Zidane, son of France soccer legend Zinedine Zidane, made the save. Messi raced in for the rebound and tapped in an eight-yard shot with his right foot into the net. He moved to second all-time in World Cup goals with his 15th overall to tie Ronaldo of Brazil.
Messi collected the hat trick with his third goal of the game during the 76th minute to make it 3-0 for Argentina. He rocketed a left-footed shot from 18 yards out into the low left corner of the cage. Nico Gonzalez connected a square pass from the left side to set up the tally. Messi tied Miroslav Klose of Germany with the all-time record of 16 World Cup goals. Argentina substituted for Messi in the 80th minute of play.
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