Despite being a friendly match, coach Lionel Scaloni still arranged a very strong starting lineup with the trio of Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martínez and Nicolás González in attack.
Messi pocketed a hat-trick against Curacao.
With a fiery spirit, it only took Argentina 20 minutes to open the scoring. The person who fills out the name on the electronic board is a familiar name Lionel Messi. This is his 100th goal for the team. Three minutes later, after the mistake of the Curacao defense, González shot high to hit the net of the black team.
In the 30th minute, with a very smooth coordination in the opponent’s penalty area, Messi cut his heart into the far corner and easily raised the score to 3-0.
Not stopping there, Enzo Fernández and Messi continuously scored two more goals to close the first half with an impressive 5-0 score.
In the second half, Argentina played slower. It was not until the 76th minute that they got the sixth goal thanks to Angel Di Maria on the penalty spot. In the 87th minute, Gonzalo Montiel set the score 7-0 for the friendly match when he hit the Eloy Room goalkeeper’s net after Dybala’s horizontal stretch.
Final round: Argentina 7-0 Curacao
Scored: Messi 20′, 33′, 37′, González 23′, Enzo 35′, Di Maria 78′, Montiel 87′
Crouching Dragon | 08:04 03/29/2023
