The Albiceleste continues with a sweet moment. Now he beats the discreet European team 5-0, in Pamplona, with a “repóker” from La Pulga. After 80 years, a player scores five goals in a match with the national team. The last had been Charro Moreno, once a Catholic University figure, in 1942.
The illusion is growing more and more in the neighboring country. The Argentinian team is going through a sweet moment, completely different from what they faced just a few years ago when the frustrations were greater. The champions of the Copa América and the Finalissima played this Sunday a friendly match against the weak team of Estonia, one of the lowest in Europe. At the El Sadar stadium in Pamplona, Lionel Scaloni’s side won 5-0, with five goals from their star, Lionel Messi.
Unlike last Wednesday’s match against Italy, the Albiceleste had a mostly alternative formation. Players like Franco Armani, Lisandro Martínez, Alexis Mac Allister, Alejandro ‘Papu’ Gómez, Julián Álvarez and Joaquín Correa appeared early on. But Messi is still there. Although it was a friendly match against a smaller cast, La Pulga was the starter and ended up stealing the film, becoming a “repoker”.
The Paris Saint-Germain footballer’s goals were at 8′, 45′, 47′, 71′ and 76′. It’s the first time that Rosario has scored five goals in a match for the Argentine team. No one in the trans-Andean squad had converted five times in a game since 1942, when José Manuel Moreno, el Charro, made him, once a figure of the Catholic University, one of the most notable foreigners who have passed through Chilean football. 80 years have passed.
Messi had already converted a “repóker” in his career, but with the shirt of Barcelona. It happened for the Champions League, against Bayer Leverkusen, in a 7-1 for the azulgranas, in 2012.
“I don’t know what else to say about Messi, it’s very difficult. You have no more words to describe him. Everything he generates is unique and it’s a pleasure to have him in this group. I have nothing but words of thanks for him. It’s a pleasure to see him,” Lionel Scaloni said after the game, praising his star, who scored 86 goals in 163 games for his country.
Argentina are in Group C of the World Cup, along with Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland. The Saudi team, their first rival in the planetary event, lost 1-0 with Colombia, in another of the duels of the FIFA date disputed this Sunday.
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