Lionel Messi scores 7th hat-trick for Argentina, goes past 100-goal mark for country

Updated : Mar 29, 2023 11:45
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Argentina captain Lionel Messi scored his 7th career hat-trick for his country as they completed a 7-0 rout of Curacao.

Having opened the scoring in the 20th minute, Messi completed his hat-trick just 17 minutes later for the World Champions.

He also breached the 100-goal mark for Argentina and is third on the all-time list of highest goal-scorers in international football, behind Cristiano Ronaldo's 122 and Iran's Ali Daei who has 109 goals to his name.

Also watch: Lionel Messi's statue to be placed next to Pele and Diego Maradona in CONMEBOL museum

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