Messi - a record for endurance

With two goals against Austria, Lionel Messi broke four of the most important World Cup records: most goals scored (18 goals), most appearances (28 matches), most wins (18 matches), and most minutes played (2,489 minutes). However, there is one more record yet to be recorded: the record for consistency. For the past 20 years, Messi has always been a pillar of the Argentine national team.

Two days before turning 39, older than Diego Maradona when the football legend retired, Lionel Messi continues to break records. An eight-time Ballon d'Or winner, Messi became La Liga's all-time leading goalscorer during his nearly two decades with Barcelona, ​​winning 34 titles, including 10 La Liga championships and 4 Champions League titles.

At the club level, Messi holds the record for 40 titles. Meanwhile, for the Argentina national team, he is the most capped player with 201 appearances and the all-time leading scorer with 122 goals.

Messi, a father of three, has now rewritten the record for endurance at the World Cup .

Messi scored two more goals at the World Cup, setting a record with a total of 18 goals in the world's biggest football tournament. Photo: AP

To date, Messi has participated in 6 World Cups and holds the record for 28 matches. As the only player to have scored at the highest level of football as a teenager, in his 20s, and even in his 30s, now, at nearly 40 years old, Messi has achieved one of the most impressive feats in the tournament's history.

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However, on his journey to stardom, Messi has still encountered many obstacles.

Messi burst onto the international stage in 2006 as a prodigy, but has endured disappointments in 2010 and 2018, as well as the pain of defeat in the 2014 final against Germany in Brazil.

Messi's Copa America campaigns have often ended in disappointment, particularly in 2016, when he missed a penalty in the shootout against Chile in the final.

Messi's lackluster spell at Paris Saint-Germain from 2021 to 2023 fueled doubts about his decline before his move to Inter Miami – which many believed would be the final destination of his career.

But then, Messi continued to give his all. And, the situation reversed. With the Copa America titles in 2021 and 2024, and the ultimate achievement of winning the 2022 World Cup, Messi exploded back into form.

Two decades have passed, and Messi remains a cornerstone of the Argentine national team. For two decades, Argentina has been built around Messi. In just a few hours, Messi will turn 39, but few dare to predict when he will retire. For his part, the Argentine captain leaves that decision open: "As long as I can and feel healthy enough, I will always be there."

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