Messi’s performance against Guatemala: double, assist and the easiest goal of his career :: Ole

Six months later Lionel Messi is back in Argentina’s starting line-up. and put on a real football show at Commander Field in Washington.. The Scaloneta captain scored a brace, assisted Lautaro Martinez and was again the Albiceleste’s standout performer in a 4-1 win over Guatemala. Thus, number 10 arrives in full for the America’s Cup.

In an unexpected start, Guatemala took the lead in the first minutes of the game (a goal against Lisandro Martinez), but Leo quickly made it 1:1, which undoubtedly one of the easiest of his entire career. With a shot from behind, goalkeeper Hagen passed the ball to the Argentine captain in front of the goal. And Messi, of course, did not disappoint.

It was so easy for Leo to spot it. He barely even celebrated his 107th goal for the national team. Instinctively, he went to look for the ball to speed up his delivery down the middle, but after touching it, he let it go. Enzo Fernandez came over to greet him and nothing else. We’ll have to look for an easier goal in Messi’s career… And he scored more than 800!

Against Guatemala an opponent against whom Messi already scored a hat-trick on June 14, 2013, Scaloni decided he would go from the start – something he hasn’t done since last November’s 1-0 win over Brazil in qualifying – in the last test before the Copa America The national team will make its debut on Thursday the 20th against Canada at 9:00 pm.

Leo looked very active in the first half. After the goal, he scored a long-range free kick, which was saved by the goalkeeper, called a couple of fouls on the Guatemalan midfielders and generously He gave the penalty 2:1 to Lautaro Martinez. so the Bull also had a chance to score on the scoreboard. The foul was committed against young Carboni after a superb pass from inside the 10. Towards the end, PT stopped the ball again, this time into the penalty area: the club refused him a double (Lisandro scored on the rebound, but it was ruled out for offside).

Messi’s influence continued to put pressure on the team and with his help Argentina turned the result into victory. With the score 3:1, he made a beautiful wall with Enzo Fernandez, then helped Lautaro, and then He joined the recognized Di Maria to sign his take, which included Vaseline. to an archer who just blocked three heads-ups in a row. With this goal, he reached 108 points, twice as many as Gabriel Batistuta (54), the second highest scorer of the national team. From another planet…

In the match against Guatemala we saw the best Messi again. Direct influence on four national team goals, 90-plus minutes on the field and World Cup level – against a weaker opponent – to play and force your teammates to play a few days before the start of the America’s Cup. Now we are delighted again!