On the evening of June 15, the Argentine national team easily defeated the Australian national team 2-0 in the first friendly match of the Asian tour held in China. Messi scored the opening goal in the 2nd minute with a beautiful long-range shot from outside the penalty area. This was also the fastest goal in Messi's career, the other goal was scored by German Pezzella in the 68th minute.
Messi's fastest goal of his career
After the victory over Australia, Argentina has one more friendly match in their Asian tour against Indonesia in Jakarta on June 19. However, Messi has confirmed that he will not play, causing regret for football fans in the archipelago for many days, but now there are two more stars who will not participate: Di Maria and Otamendi.
Messi, Di Maria and Otamendi all started against Australia. After the match, Messi said: "I think it's time for me to take a break after the long season. What I want most right now is to go on vacation with my family."
A fan ran onto the pitch to hug Messi during Argentina's match against Australia.
Messi also commented on his continued involvement with the Argentina national team: "If I hadn't won the World Cup, I would have left the team and retired. However, I am a world champion, so I continue to play. We always love playing for the Argentina national team. It's difficult to play because of the heat and humidity, but we continue with the same idea."
Messi answers the press after the match
"Now the 2026 World Cup qualifiers and the 2024 Copa America are ahead. It's too far away to think about the next World Cup. You have to enjoy what you've achieved. You have to think about what's coming. Now, a new cycle has started. This will continue. We can't stay with what happened. We have to enjoy every moment together," Messi shared with his teammates in the Argentina team.
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