Argentina's ace Lionel Messi, now 35 years old, has demonstrated his ability to be called a superstar not only by scoring goals and assists, but also by dribbling past opponents one after another.
The number of appearances in the World Cup career exceeds "Child of God"
According to FIFA = International Football Federation, the goal scored in the match against Australia made the total number of goals scored in the World Cup "9".
In addition, as an Argentinian player, he surpassed Maradona, who was called "Child of God", and was just one point away from Batistuta's "10", the most.
The number of games played in the World Cup is also "23", already exceeding Mr. Maradona's "21", and is approaching "25", the highest number ever recorded by Mateus of Germany.
He also recorded an assist in the primary league, making him the only player to record an assist in five World Cup tournaments.
18-year career, 1000 appearances in total
According to the Argentine Football Association, Messi has played 831 games for the club team
and 169 games for the Argentina national team in
a career of about 18 years since he made his professional debut in Barcelona in the first division of Spain in October 2004.
, The first round of the finals tournament of this tournament was the 1000th match in total.
Messi: 'I still want to be here'
After the match against Australia, Messi said, "It was a very tough match, but with this win we were able to take another step forward. We still want to be here." However, he once again showed his desire to win the World Cup for the first time.