Already on vacation: Lionel Messi returned to Argentina after an exhibition with five goals | VIDEO

After managing to overcome Italy and win the Finalissima, and then defeat Estonia in a friendly, with five goals from Lionel Messi, it was time to rest for the players of the Argentina team. This Monday, ‘Leo’ and some of his companions arrived in Rosario to enjoy their vacations.

The seven-time Ballon d’Or arrived in his hometown around 8:30 local time in the company of a group of colleagues, including Giovani Lo Celso and Ángel Di María, also from Rosario, according to a TyC Sports broadcast.

Over the next few weeks, Messi and the rest of the Argentine players will rest with their sights set on the following season, marked by the World Cup in Qatar, where the ‘Albiceleste’ will make their official debut on November 22 against Saudi Arabia.

The optimism could not be greater: Lionel Scaloni’s side, who have gone 33 games without losing, easily won their last two FIFA rounds against Italy (0-3) and Estonia (5-0).

In that last friendly, played at the El Sadar stadium in Pamplona (Spain), Messi scored all five goals for his team, something he had never achieved with the Albiceleste and which places him just one step away from accessing the scorers’ podium history with national teams.

That record of goals leaves the current Paris Saint Germain striker in fourth place in the historical table with 86 goals, only surpassed by the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, who with his double against Switzerland accumulates 117 goals; by the Iranian Ali Daei (109) and the Malaysian Mokhtar Dahari (89).

“We couldn’t end the season in a better way. We won the Finalissima and today we added more minutes preparing for the World Cup. Thanks again to everyone who came to the field and to those who follow us from a distance.a”, Messi wrote on his Instagram profile at the end of the match against Estonia.

With information from EFE.