Messi equals Cristiano Ronaldo's historic record and ignites the conflict again
Argentine star Lionel Messi succeeded in equalizing Cristiano Ronaldo's historic record with the scorers' struggle after scoring the first goal for Argentina against Australia in the round of 16 of the tournament, which is Messi's ninth goal in the World Cup to beat Maradona in the Argentine national team.
And the "Squaca" network of football statistics in the world confirmed that Messi equaled the number of goals scored by Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo in major tournaments, with 22 goals each.
The Argentine star, Lionel Messi, had advanced to his country's national team at the expense of Australia, on Saturday evening, at the Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium, at the price of the Qatar 2022 World Cup final. Messi scored his 22 goals, with 13 goals in the Copa America competitions, and 9 goals in the World Cup competitions.
As for Cristiano Ronaldo, he scored 14 goals in Euro competitions and 8 goals in the World Cup.
To ignite the conflict again between the two stars in what remains of their few international matches in the major competitions and their last world championship. Ronaldo advanced to the quarter-finals and faced a match against the Netherlands, while Ronaldo is preparing for the round of 16 match in the World Cup against Switzerland.
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