Lionel Messi’s name was chanted by supporters while they jumped for joy in the videos posted on social media.
After the Lionel Messi-led Argentina team advanced to the FIFA World Cup final, jubilant supporters filled the streets of Buenos Aires. Argentina trounced Croatia 3-0 in the first semi-final on Wednesday with to goals from Julian Alvarez and Lionel Messi, who opened the scoring from the penalty spot. Numerous supporters of Argentina filled the streets of the nation’s capital as they revelled in their World Cup semi-final victory. Social media users posted videos of Messi’s supporters cheering and jumping in celebration.
After winning the penalty for Messi’s first goal, Alvarez, a forward for Manchester City, scored twice.
The show-stealing performance, however, was once again given by the captain of Argentina, who captivated the audience.
With his fifth goal of the competition, Messi has now outscored Gabriel Batistuta (10), making him the nation’s all-time leading scorer in World Cups. He has 11 goals in the World Cup.
Additionally, the 35-year-old tied Lothar Matthaeus’ record of 25 World Cup appearances for Germany.
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Messi reportedly told Argentine media site Diario Deportivo Ole, “I feel very thrilled to be able to achieve this, to complete my World Cup trip by playing my last game in a final.”
Argentina was one of the tournament favourites when they travelled to Qatar, but after losing their opening group match 1-2 to underdog Saudi Arabia, questions began to surface. Before travelling to Doha, they had 36 games in which they had not lost.
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