It’s another goal and another all-time record for Lionel Messi.
Messi scored his 20th career FIFA World Cup goal in Argentina’s round of 16 match against Cape Verde on Friday at Miami Stadium, extending his own record for the most by any man or woman in FIFA World Cup history.
MESSI MAGIC ⭐️ Lionel Messi Scores His 20th FIFA World Cup™ Goal For Argentina
It also marked his eighth consecutive World Cup match with a goal, the longest streak in the tournament’s history, and his fifth consecutive knockout stage match with a goal, something no player has accomplished since World Cup records started being tracked in the 1960s. He has 12 goals in his eight-game scoring streak at the World Cup.
Messi has now scored seven of Argentina’s nine goals this tournament. Fourteen of Messi’s 20 World Cup goals have come after age 35.
If Argentina advances past Cape Verde in the round of 32, it will play Egypt in the round of 16 on Tuesday, July 7 at Atlanta Stadium.
