{"id":13188,"date":"2024-10-16T10:08:34","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T10:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=13188"},"modified":"2024-10-16T10:08:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T10:08:34","slug":"lionel-messi-hat-trick-argentina-bolivia-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/lionel-messi-hat-trick-argentina-bolivia-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi Nets Stunning Treble For Argentina To Equal Cristiano Ronaldo Hat-Trick Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lionel Messi rolled back the years with a stunning hat-trick for Argentina in their 6-0 win over Bolivia in World Cup qualifying on Tuesday evening, moving him level with Cristiano Ronaldo for the most international hat-tricks.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Argentina bounced back from their 2-1 defeat to Colombia and their 1-1 draw with Venezuela in emphatic fashion on Tuesday, as the South American World Cup qualifying<\/a> group leaders thrashed Bolivia 6-0 at Estadio M\u00e2s Monumental.<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, legendary forward Lionel Messi<\/a> was right amongst the goals. The 37-year-old contributed to five of his side’s six goals, netting a hat-trick whilst also providing two assists during the rout.<\/p>\n

The former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain man, who was playing in just his second international match since suffering an injury in July’s Copa America final, moves level with Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> for the most hat-tricks in men’s international football with 10.<\/p>\n

Messi netted his first of the evening to put Argentina 1-0 up after 19 minutes, capitalising on a defensive error to slide home the opener under Guillermo Viscarra at his near-post.<\/p>\n

He followed that up with assists for Lautaro Martinez and Julian Alvarez’s goals just before half-time, as the reigning World Cup winners took a three-goal lead into the break.<\/p>\n

Second-half substitute Thiago Almada made it 4-0 for Argentina in the 69th minute, before Messi completed his hat-trick with two goals in two minutes late on, with both strikes similarly coming from just inside the area.<\/p>\n

Messi’s three-goal feat sees his international goal tally reach a lofty 112 in 189 appearances, the second-most international goals scored by a single player at senior level in the history of the men’s game.<\/p>\n

WATCH: Lionel Messi Hat-Trick In Argentina 6-0 Bolivia<\/h2>\n
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If you slept through the night, you missed a magical Messi night at the Monumental \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n

Catch up with a look at his hat-trick for Argentina in their 6-0 win over Bolivia \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7 pic.twitter.com\/rSDxndsB2A<\/a><\/p>\n

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