Beyond Maradona, this time Messi next to Batista

Messi entered the field as if to make history. Every match of his is waiting for some record. A few days ago, Messi surpassed Maradona and set a new record. The Argentine superstar surpassed Maradona among the highest scorers. There was only one in front, Batistuta. Batistuta holds the record for scoring the highest 10 goals in the World Cup for Argentina. This time, Messi also shared that record. He touched Batistuta with one of his goals against the Dutch in the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Qatar.

Earlier this Argentinian little wizard shared two records against Australia. He reached the milestone of 1,000th professional match and became the second-highest goalscorer for Argentina at the World Cup, surpassing Maradona. Only Batistuta was in front. This time he also shared that record.

Playing against the Dutch on 10 December, he led the team to the semi-finals. He scored a great goal in the match. And immediately touched Batistuta. Before this, the Argentine superstar topped Maradona and scored 10 goals next to Batistuta. Messi is in front of another milestone in the next match. You can make a new history. If he gets another goal, he will surpass Batistuta as well.

Messi played a total of 24 matches on the World Cup stage. Scored 10 goals. His journey of goals in the World Cup began in 2006. Messi scored 1 service goal. Then Lionel Messi scored 4 goals in 2014 World Cup, 1 in 2018 and 4 goals in Qatar World Cup so far.

Messi also holds the record for playing the most matches for Argentina. He is also waiting to set a record in the list of the highest goal assists in the history of the World Cup. Only Maradona is ahead. One of the best footballers of all time is waiting to make this record in the semi-finals of the World Cup in Qatar.

Messi announced before the start of the World Cup that this is going to be his last World Cup. So he is playing his last World Cup. His left foot magic is no less to take the team to the semi-finals. Messi will have to overcome Croatia to reach the final. This football superstar will get closer to his goal only if he overcomes that obstacle and goes to the finals.