👽 He’s INEVITABLE! Messi bags his 20th Copa goal, watch 🎥
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The first half of Argentina versus Cape Verde in Miami had no excitement until the hydration break.
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Except Lionel Messi is on the pitch in a live-ball clash in the FIFA World Cup Round of 32.
Making their World Cup debut, the African side were holding off yet another world champion after Spain and Uruguay.
The Messi vs Vozinha duel had only "appeared" once, with the goalkeeper comfortably collecting the No. 10's free-kick.Â
Bubista's Cape Verde looked very organized without the ball. And they were not under pressure.
Then came the hydration break and, once play resumed, Messi was played through by Lisandro MartÃnez, controlled it and finished with no chance for Vozinha (28').
A goal "Messi style".Â
It was the Argentine genius' 20th World Cup goal. His seventh in the current edition.
Putting him two clear of Mbappé overall.
He also has eight assists in 30 matches played since the 2006 edition.
Messi has now reached eight straight World Cup games scoring at least once.
Cape Verde are the 14th national team Messi has scored against at World Cups. Another record for the Argentine.
The second in that ranking is Germany's Jürgen Klinsmann, who scored against ten different opponents.
Top World Cup scorers:
Lionel Messi 🇦🇷 - 20 goals
Kylian Mbappé 🇫🇷 - 18 goals
Miroslav Klose 🇩🇪 - 16 goals
Ronaldo 🇧🇷 - 15 goals
Gerd Müller 🇩🇪 - 14 goals
Just Fontaine 🇫🇷 - 13 goals
Pelé 🇧🇷 - 12 goals
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.