Messi celebrates one of his three goals. Photo: AFP
After having won the Euro-American Cup and obtained another official title to become the most successful national team in history, Lionel Scaloni’s Argentina take advantage of the FIFA window and play a friendly match with Estonia, 110th in the world ranking.
The Argentine side opened the scoring thanks to a goal from Messi from a penalty, after an abrupt mistake by goalkeeper Matvei Igonen that led Germán Pezzella into a game that seemed to be taking no more risks.
After the opening of the scoring, the game fell into a ditch and it was difficult for Scaloneta to capture on the scoreboard the 106 difference that separates the two teams in the world football executive rankings.
Things began to change in the 44th minute of the first half when De Paul broke the lines by dribbling two Estonians, until he ran into the center-backs and dropped Papu Gomez on his back. The former Racing remained offside but, with a clear gesture, showed that he would not participate in the show and the Sevilla player put in a cut assist for Messi to define Caniggia against Nigeria, albeit with the angle reversed .
But, in the second half, Argentina comes out determined to show the differences and, after a Molina center, Leo has defined to reach 84 goals in the national team and to score his eighth hat-trick with the Azzurri.
Source: Clarin
