Lionel Messi completed a hat-trick, passing 100 goals in his career with Argentina. He scored 3 goals in the first half of the friendly against Curacao. The world champions won the match against the Caribbean team with a deep score, 7-0.
It was the second game for Argentina after being declared world champion in December. Messi opened the series of goals after 20 minutes with a shot in the area, thus recording the 100th goal with the national team. Niko Gonzalez then scored with a header, Mesi scored goal number 101 with a shot of his own.
In the 37th minute, the Argentinian star scored the 102nd with the blue and white jersey, while 2 minutes earlier he provided an assist for Enzo Fernandez.
The Argentinian captain is already ahead of only two footballers in the classification of the best scorers with the national teams in official matches. They are Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo with 122 goals and Iranian Ali Daei with 109 goals. Unlike the Iranian, Ronaldo is still active and scored four goals in the last two games.