Messi, on the verge of reaching 100 goals with the National Team

Lionel Messi is close to breaking another record with the Argentine National Team: in case of scoring a goal against Curaçao at the Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades in Santiago del Estero, he will reach 100 goals. In the match against Panama, the 173rd in his career with Argentina, the Argentine captain converted from a free kick and was left with 99 goals in his record with the National Team, one of an almost unattainable figure. His first celebration was in a friendly against Croatia held in the Swiss city of Basel, on March 1, 2006, in the run-up to that year’s World Cup in Germany. Years later, he displaced Gabriel Batistuta with the 56th goal he scored against Uruguay in Mendoza in Qualifiers, on September 1, 2016. Messi, 35, is Argentina’s all-time leading scorer with that many goals in 173 games. His first celebration in the major was in a friendly against Croatia held in the Swiss city of Basel, on March 1, 2006.With respect to competitions, more than half of the goals were in official matches: 28 by World Cup classification, 16 in Copa America and 13 in World Cup, with Argentina being the country where he converted the most. In addition, its biggest victim is Bolivia with 8 goals, while the coach who most exploited his scoring ability was Lionel Scaloni with 34.

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