Lionel Messi becomes the third player with 100 goals for a national team

In Santiago Del Estero, FIFA's 'The Best' scored the first goal for the Argentines, with his right foot, in the 20th minute, after an assist by Giovani Lo Celso, in his 174th game for the 'albi-celeste'.

Messi, currently 35 years old, joins the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo in the 'centennial club', who has scored 122 goals in 198 matches, and the already retired Iranian Ali Daei, who closed his career with 109 in 148 matches.

The number 10 from Argentina reaches this record in the second friendly after winning the world title in Qatar.

The PSG player is, in fact, living the most productive phase, in terms of goals, for the Argentine national team, adding, with the goal to Curaçao, a total of 19 in the last 13 games, from 'manita' to Estonia, in June 05, 2022.