FIFA World Cup: Messi's goal in the 35th minute!!!
In the pre-quarterfinal match of the FIFA world cup 2022, argentina defeated australia 2-1 late on saturday night. Captain Lionel Messi showed a brilliant performance in this match. Due to Messi's goal, argentina confirmed their place in the quarter-finals by giving a crushing defeat to Australia. Now he will face the netherlands team in the last 8.
Not only this, but Lionel Messi also created history in this match. This was the overall 1000th match of his career. He also broke the record of veteran footballer Maradona and scored the 9th goal in world cup history. With this, Messi has become the first Argentine player to score the most goals in the World Cup.
Australia defeated by Messi's goal
Captain Lionel Messi and young player Julian Alvarez scored goals for argentina in the pre-quarterfinal match. Messi scored the first goal of the match in the 35th minute. Due to this goal, argentina took a 1-0 lead in the first half. After this, argentina again showed an aggressive game and young star Julian Alvarez took the winning lead by scoring the second goal in the 57th minute.
However, after this Argentina's Enzo Fernandez scored another goal in the 77th minute but the goal was added to Australia's account. In fact, when Australian player Craig Goodwin hit the shot, the ball collided with Argentina's Enzo Fernandez and went into the goalpost. In this way, Australia's fortunes shone because of Fernandez Short. But after this australia could not score a single goal.
