The international press echoed the 2-0 triumph of the Argentine national team against Panama at the Monumental, the scene of the celebration of the world champions in Qatar 2022. The world media also focused on Lionel Messi, who reached the 800th goal of his career.

“Messi leads Argentina on the day of his monumental feast”, highlighted the Spanish newspaper Marca. And she noted that it was “an afternoon of excitement and madness equally to celebrate the third star”.

“A meeting that will not go down in history for what happened in the greenery, but for the celebration and joy spread in a country that will never forget what happened in December,” he considered.

For his part, Ace of Spain titled: “Argentina debuted its third star with victory, Messi arrived at 800 and a full party in Buenos Aires“. And he completed in the text: “The end of a party that was complete, where Argentina debuted its third star and where Lionel was happy“.

“Argentina surrenders to Messi and his champions around the world with Leo’s homage, celebration and moving words”, was the title chosen by the Spanish portal Sports worldwho underlined that “the epilogue had to be like this, at the top, with another football gift from the genius to collect”.

While, The country of Uruguay pointed out that “the albiceleste it cost him open the scoring more than expected” and warned that “the party wasn’t complete if the greatest idol of the Argentine team didn’t convert”.

“After the match it was time to celebrate with the people: every Argentinian player received a replica of the World Cup and your personalized jersey for the third title in its history at World Cup level,” added the Uruguayan newspaper.

The Brazilian sports newspaper Throw away! headlined: “With historic goal from Messi, Argentina beat Panama in first game after winning the World Cup.” And she completed the descent: “In the packed Monumental de Núñez, the star reached another iconic milestone in her career, in a friendly with a festive atmosphere”.