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It is Lionel Messi and who was criticized for not scoring in the KO phases in Qatar 2022 he appeared in all phases to lead Argentina to the World Cup final. On the 10th he scored 1-0 over Croatia for the first step towards the final. LOOK:
A disputed penalty on Julián Álvarez was Messi’s weapon to say present on the scoreboard again. From a penalty, Leo opened the scoring despite having goalkeeper Diminik Livakovic in front. The Croatian had already saved shots in a penalty shootout.
And with a shot above, to Livakovic’s left hand, Messi opened the scoring to add his fifth goal in the World Cup and with that equalize Mbappé in the scorers’ table.
But the best thing for Messi and Argentina is that Leo has scored in all phases. Against Saudi Arabia and Mexico in the group stage, against Australia in the round of 16 and the Netherlands in the quarterfinals – as well as scoring a goal in the penalty shootout.
He is the first Argentinian player to score in the three consecutive phases of direct elimination.
That’s that Messi. They had claimed that he never scored in the KO phases of the World Cups. He had only scored in the group stages in Germany 2006, Brazil 2014 and Russia 2018. In 2010 he did not score.
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Source: Elcomercio
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