Jakarta, CNNI Indonesia —
Lionel Messi he made a string of sweet records after taking Argentina to the semifinals World Cup 2022. Argentina managed to silence the Netherlands on penalties, on Saturday (10/12) in the morning WIB.
Messi scored a goal with the white point in the 73rd minute.
Statistics choose recording a goal aligned his name to become the top goal collector for Argentina during the World Cup. Messi equaled Gabriel Batistuta’s record with a total of 10 goals, surpassing Maradona’s 8 goals.
Overall, Lionel Messi was involved in 17 goals for Argentina at the World Cup (10 goals, 7 assists). This record surpasses Diego Maradona’s record in the same competition.
Messi was also the architect of the Albiceleste’s 37th-minute opening goal that evening. Messi provided a great assist which was converted by Nahuel Molina. La Pulga’s total of five assists surpassed Brazilian legend Pelé’s four assists in the knockout stages.
Not only successes for goals and assists, La Pulga is also aiming for the record as a player of the national team at the World Cup which has been violated the most: 65 times. Messi surpassed the record of violations received by 1970s Brazilian player Jairzinho with a total of 64 violations.
However, this figure is still less than Maradona, who received 152 violations during the World Cup.
As reported earlier, the Netherlands vs Argentina match was presented in the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup in Lusail, Doha, Qatar on Saturday (10/12) in the morning WIB.
The two teams played 2-2 until the end of extra time. Argentina led 2-0. The new Dutch goal was scored in the 83rd minute. Wout Weghorst scored from Steven Berghuis’ pass. Further Dutch goals were then scored again by Wout Weghorst during injury time.
Argentina finally qualified for the semifinals after winning on penalties with a score of 4-3.
(ain/sry)
