Lionel Messi will get one more shot at winning the World Cup after putting on a masterclass with a goal and assist in Argentina’s 3–0 win over Croatia:
All eyes were on Lionel Messi in Argentina’s World Cup semifinal clash with Croatia, and the 35-year-old delivered the type of performance that could further cement his legacy, should La Albiceleste finish off their dream run in Qatar.in the semifinal and reach the second World Cup final of his storied career.
Messi stepped up to the spot needing one more goal to become Argentina’s all-time leading goalscorer at the World Cup. He buried it into the roof of the net, giving Livaković no chance to play hero once more and snapping the national tie he held with Gabriel Batistuta. No Argentine has more than Messi’s 11 World Cup goals now. He entered Qatar having never scored in the knockout stage.
The assist would have been any player’s best of a tournament—until you consider what Messi did in the previous round, with his otherworldly pass to Nahuel Molina for Argentina’s opener vs. the Netherlands.
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