What is the 81-year-old record that Lionel Messi equaled after scoring five against Estonia?

What is the 81-year-old record that Lionel Messi equaled after scoring five against Estonia?

Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi became only the third player in football history to score 5 goals in a single. The Argentine achieved that after he netted 5 against Estonia last night in an International Friendly. The PSG forward continues his red to form for his country after he earlier helped his team win the Finnalisma against Italy at the Wembley Stadium.

This time around, Messi achieved the feat in Spain. This was the second time in his career that Messi managed to score 5 goals in a game after he achieved it earlier during his time at Barcelona. Messi now matches  Manuel Seoane in 1925 and Juan Marvezzi in 1941 by netting five times in a game. Even his rival, Cristiano Ronaldo has never managed to score 5 for his country in an international game.

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Argentina and Lionel Messi run riot against the 108th ranked Estonia

Lionel Messi’s Argentina left no stone unturned in their thrashing of Estonia last night. The South American team enjoyed a spectacular 79% possession of the ball completing 918 passes throughout the game compared to their rival’s 240 passes. The team also dominated the attack with 24 shots of which 10 were on target. They also earned 10 corners throughout the game while Estonia didn’t even get one.

Messi opened the scoring for his team in the 8th minute through a penalty. He then scored a brace in the 45th minute of the game thanks to a superb assist by Sevilla’s Papu Gomez. The 34-year-old completed his hattrick by the 46th minute and scored the 4th and 5th in the 71st and 76th minute of the game. Messi scored all the 5 goals for his team to reach 86 international goals for his country, 4th highest in football history.

Lionel Messi’s heroics also promoted Gary Lineker to appreciate the player on Twitter. He wrote, “The extraordinary Lionel Messi has scored all 5 of Argentina’s goals tonight. Astonishingly, it’s not his goal scoring that elevates him from the other greats. He’s also as good a passer and dribbler as anyone that’s ever played the game. The Messiah.”

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