Messi: Argentina’s goal man in the history of the World Cups and how it happened to Batistuta

Lionel Messi He is a man who is destined to make history. He knows that it is in his hands to say goodbye to the World Cups by raising the third title for Argentina. In this sense, the Albiceleste needs the ’10’ more than ever in Qatar 2022. Against Croatia, a match for the semifinals of the competition, the icon of Scaloni’s team opened the scoring. Somewhat that he consolidates him as the top scorer of his team in a World Cup.

With the penalty converted against Dominik Livaković, the ‘Flea’ signed his eleventh goal with the Argentine team in the most important tournament for national teams in the world, beating Gabriel Omar Batistuta after more than 20 years. Gone were Diego Armando Maradona and Guillermo Stabile, who were above Messi before Qatar 2022.

The Argentine star registers five scores in Qatar 2022, reaching the French star Kylian Mbappé as a scorer. Leo could not only touch glory on Qatari soil, but also keep the golden boot of the tournament. Olivier Giroud is also in contention, although with a bit less.

It should be noted that Messi had the luxury of giving away a World Cup tournament. And it is that in South Africa 2010 he did not score a single game. A championship that was forgotten, with Diego Maradona on the bench.

From scorer to scorer

A few days ago, ‘Batigol’ had congratulated Messi for tying his mark. He did it through his social networks with an emotional message after the clash for the quarterfinals against the Netherlands, which ended in a heart-stopping penalty shoot-out in favor of the people from Río de la Plata.

“Dear Leo, congratulations! I held the record for 20 years and I enjoyed it. Now it is a great honor and pleasure to share it with you. Hoping with all my heart that you can surpass him already in the next match!”, wrote the former artilleryman on his Twitter account.