Lionel Messi has moved up to fourth in all-time
highest goalscorers chart after he bagged five goals for Argentina in an
international friendly on Sunday.
The Paris Saint-Germain
forward scored all five of Argentina’s goals as they continued their fine form
by thrashing Estonia in Pamplona, Spain.
Ripples Nigeria recalls
that the Argentines had swept aside Italy 3-0 in the Finalissima – a game
between the champions of Europe and South America – on Wednesday.
Messi provided two assists
in that game and he was once again in a superb form.
It is the first time the
34-year-old has scored five in a game for his country.
Messi has only ever
achieved the feat once before in his career, in a 7-1 win for Barcelona over
Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League in 2012.
Messi’s fourth of Sunday’s
game meant he had surpassed Hungarian Ferenc Puskas (84 goals) and now holds
that position outright, behind only Malaysia’s Mokhtar Dahari (89), Iran’s Ali
Daei (109) and Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo (117).
Messi could yet have a
great chance of winning the World Cup, the one trophy that has eluded him in
his glittering career, when they compete at this year’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Messi provided two assists
in that game and he was once again in a superb form.
It is the first time the
34-year-old has scored five in a game for his country.
Messi has only ever
achieved the feat once before in his career, in a 7-1 win for Barcelona over
Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League in 2012.
Messi’s fourth of Sunday’s
game meant he had surpassed Hungarian Ferenc Puskas (84 goals) and now holds
that position outright, behind only Malaysia’s Mokhtar Dahari (89), Iran’s Ali
Daei (109) and Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo (117).
Messi could yet have a
great chance of winning the World Cup, the one trophy that has eluded him in
his glittering career, when they compete at this year’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
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