This was Argentina’s third goal: Lionel Messi’s brilliant assist for Julián Álvarez equaled Diego Maradona’s record

A new genius from legend Lionel Andrés Messi. The Argentina captain made a dream move leave the goal served to Julián Álvarezwho made it 3-0 against Croatia, for the semi-finals of Qatar World Cup 2022.

In the 69th minute, with Croatia launching an attack looking for a discount, Messi received the ball from the rightbarely entering the rival camp.

And there he started the match from 10 with Joško Gvardiol. First he took a few meters in speed (apart from the 15 years the Croatian defender had) and when he arrived in the box he stopped.

To the left, Messi turned away and, with an exquisite twistHe exited to the left, entering the Croatian area.

The masked Croatian defender, who plays for Leipzig in Germany, remained behind Lio, with nothing to do.

Then, the number 10, with his right foot, touched Julian from behind, who was coming at full speed. The former River player did not hesitate and was the first to define, leaving goalkeeper Dominik Livaković without a chance.

Thus Messi, who opened the shootout, completed his 8th assist at the World Cup, equaling Diego Armando Maradona.

Previously, with his penalty opening the score 34 minutes into the first half, Messi has reached the figure of 11 goals in the World Cup and overtook Gabriel Batistuta.

For his part, Julián, in the 39th minute of the first half, had made it 2-0 with a spectacular run that started in his own half.

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