Full party: Argentina danced in Curaçao and Messi scored a hat-trick to reach 102 goals for the national team

On another historic day for the captain Lionel MessiTHE Argentina national team lashes 7-0 TO Curacao with a hat-trick from La Pulga, who exceeded one hundred goals with the Albiceleste shirt and made the more than 42,000 people who filled the Mother of Cities stadium delirious, to close the celebrations for the conquest of Qatar 2022.

The AFA executive who shut down alternatives Panama and Curaçao as Argentina’s rivals at the champions party should receive at least the best worker of the month award. He understood all that character that has put the Central American teams on the table and the medal can also be hung Chiqui tapiawho accepted and organized the games.

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Everyone deserved accolades like the ones that took place this week: Lionel Messi, the rest of the players, the coaches, the managers, the AFA workers and the public that made and still makes the Qatari feat even greater. But as it all winds down, party time seems to have ended last night, with that spectacular and smiling win against the people of Curaçao.

Complex to make a serious analysis of what happened in the Mother of Cities stadium. They faced the world champion, the team that will appear at number 1 in the FIFA rankings from April, against a country that is an island of about 160,000 inhabitants, the same as Tandil. Yes, it was as if Argentina collided with Tandil’s team. It is accepted and celebrated that these rivals have been chosen for the holidays. But they shouldn’t be repeated from now on because that would be a leveling out, a stagnation.

Curaçao, as has been said these days, belongs to Holland. And the team showed a Dutch seal: it was planted with a 4-2-2, with very short lines and with the premise of playing in each of the actions. It happens that it doesn’t have a hierarchy, which is why the Argentines passed over it almost without wanting to, just for a matter of decantation, of going, of searching.

Already 2 minutes into the match what the duel would have been reflected: Mac Allister recovered a high and very easy ball and Lautaro Martínez missed an impossible goal following an assist from Messi. The Bull with the bow in the national team makes a mistake, but better times will come. What the Bahian is best at is goals, so be patient.

The people of Curaçao left spaces on all lines, beyond the fact that they were a short team. Innocence was the norm. The bet was to guess when Messi would score his 100th goal. He tried two and did not fail in the third: he received from Lo Celso after a recovery from Pezzella and defined a right-footed cross.

Later, the storm of goals. Nicola Gonzalez He beat goalkeeper Eloy Room in the jump into the small area (yes, it doesn’t even happen on the pitch) and overturned the 2-0. Messi celebrated his second solo in a play Curaçao defenders only watched, shortly after Enzo Fernández He nailed near the post for 4-0. The most laughable or absurd play took place in the 37th minute, in Messi’s third. Rosario’s man makes a couple of headers with Lo Celso in midfield after a corner from the visitor and comes out convinced that Gio can put the ball behind the innocent Roshon van Eijma; the definition of the Flea has been changed.

Lo Celso deserves a separate paragraph for the great game he played. Perhaps this is the best news of Scaloni’s victory. Gio moved in for De Paul and got on very well with Fernández and Mac Allister. There was already too much talk about his amazing partnership with Messi and it was revealed again last night.

The second part was over. A few small pearls: the complement started when the T and the M were still singing, Scaloni didn’t move from his seat, Messi invited Di María with a penalty to take his lead and Franco Armani replaced Dibu for the standing ovation.

And to make the party perfect, Montiel, the one who took the decisive penalty against France, made it 7-0 after a pass from Dybala. And everyone is happy.