Legendary Lionel Messi scored a stunning hat-trick against Argentina yesterday to give Argentina the perfect start to their World Cup title defence in Kansas.
The 38-year-old Argentina captain who plays his club football with Inter Miami, rolled back the years with a superb display on the biggest stage of the game to announce that he still has something to offer.
It was a perfect reminder of why he is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time.
Messi hit target in the 17th, 60th and 76th minutes to now match the 16-goal World Cup record held by Miroslav Klose of Germany.
Now, only Kylian Mbappe of France will be his main rival as he is just two goals behind just like Gerd Muller (Germany) of blessed memory, while Ronaldo of Brazil has 15 goals across his own World Cup appearances before hanging his boots.
