Messi’s new record of 1000th match, topped Maradona

Lionel Messi, the world record maker of football, has set some records as soon as he gets on the field. His every match should be ready to set a new record. This Argentine superstar played the 1000th match of his life playing at the Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium in Qatar on December 4. The petite magician also set the precedent of two personal records on the same day.

Messi’s team will play against Australia in the round of sixteen on Saturday. In the first half of the game, Messi got the opportunity to put the ball in the opponent’s net. Three defenders of Australia scored a low shot with dust in their eyes. Qatar took the team to the quarter-finals of the World Cup. And this is Messi’s first goal in the knockout stage.

Also, this goal machine made history once again in the history of the World Cup. In judging the number of goals in the World Cup, he topped the Argentinian legend Diego Maradona. Maradona scored 8 goals in 21 matches. Messi surpassed him and scored 9 goals. Before this, he did not see a goal in the knockout stage. Messi set a new record with 8 goals in the group stage and the first goal in the knockout stage.

Exactly 18 years and 48 days ago, Messi entered his professional football career and played his first match for Barcelona. And he touched the milestone of 1000th match by playing in the round of sixteen in the current World Cup. He became the owner of 789 goals by playing the thousandth match. Among them, he scored 94 goals in 169 matches for Argentina and 672 goals in 778 matches for Barcelona. After leaving Barcelona, he joined PSG. His number of goals in 53 matches is 23.

It should be noted that Qatar surpassed Maradona with a goal against Australia in the knockout phase of the World Cup, but also missed another record. There is only one in front of him now, Gabriel Batistuta (10). He will touch Gabriel if he scores another goal in the quarter-finals. And if he sees the second goal, he will surpass Gabriel in the same match. Argentina’s next opponent is the Netherlands. If they win against the Netherlands in the quarter-finals, Messi’s army will take another step towards the title.