L. Messi became the record holder of world championships

2026-06-17 09:32 © zumapress

Lionel Messi together with the Argentina national team made a powerful start at the World Football Championship.

The world champions convincingly defeated Algeria 3:0, with all three goals scored by the first player to achieve a 'hat-trick' in World Championships, L. Messi.

These three goals allowed one of the greatest football players of all time to write himself into the tournament's history.

This was already Messi's 16th goal in World Championships, and according to this statistic, he tied with the all-time record holder, German Miroslav Klose.

It is likely that during this championship, the Argentine will become the absolute record holder.