Messi's historic goal

In the 82nd minute, Lionel Messi received a pass from Lautaro Martinez, before decisively finishing into the far corner, beating the home team's goalkeeper. "El Pulga" has scored more than 800 goals in his career, but this is the first time he has scored against an opponent in Africa.

The Argentine superstar has a total of 895 goals, along with 401 assists. The captain of the Argentine national team is about to reach the unbelievable milestone of contributing to 1,300 goals.

Messi took pictures and signed autographs for Angolan President Joao Lourenco before the match.

On the 11/11 pitch, Angola had a very hard-working performance and caused many difficulties for the 2022 World Cup champion. The 89th ranked representative of FIFA entered the match with enthusiasm and almost created a surprise when Chico Banza ran down to face Geronimo Rulli. However, the Argentine goalkeeper reacted in time to save the goal. In the 19th minute, Lionel Messi seemed to have opened the score after a shot from the edge of the penalty area but Hugo Marques dived to make an excellent save.

In the following minutes, Angola played with discipline and pressed hard, causing Argentina to be in a deadlock. Messi once again missed a chance when he shot wide of the post in a favorable position. As the first half drew to a close, it seemed like the match would go into the break without a goal, but in the beginning of the second half, the visitors' class spoke up. In the 43rd minute, Messi made a delicate pass to Lautaro Martinez, and the Inter Milan striker fired a low shot between the legs of goalkeeper Marques, opening the score for the "Albiceleste".

Despite being behind, Angola did not lose heart. They even came close to equalizing when Zito Luvumbo ran down and shot wide of the post, much to the dismay of the Luanda crowd. However, Argentina still knew how to end the match at the right time. In the 82nd minute, Messi took advantage of a mistake in the home team's defense to seal a 2-0 victory, and at the same time increased his scoring record to 20 goals in just the last 8 matches for both club and country.

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