Lionel Messi Reaches 100 Goals For The Argentine National Team, Curacao Crushed 7-0!

Argentine national team player, Lionel Messi. (Photo: Twitter @Argentina)

JAKARTA - The Argentine national team won a big victory over Curacao in a friendly match, Wednesday, March 29, morning WIB. Unmitigated, Team Tango won with a landslide score of 7-0!

Lionel Messi scored a hat trick in the match which was held at the Estadio Unico Madre de Ciudades, Argentina.

Apart from Messi, Nico Gonzalez, Enzo Fernandez, Angel in Maria and Gonzalo Montiel scored four other goals each.

The victory also continued Argentina's positive trend after winning the 2022 World Cup. They previously won 2-0 over Panama on Friday last week.

Tango's team continued to attack the Curacao defense from the start of the match. However, the first goal only came in the 19th minute. Giovani Lo Celso provided a pass to Messi who was in the penalty box.

Messi then outwitted one player before unleashing a right-footed shot that Room couldn't stop. The score became 1-0.

The goal is also Messi's 100th goal for the Argentine national team.

#SelecciónMayor 🔝 Lionel #Messi alcanzó los 1⃣0⃣0⃣ goles con la Selección @Argentina. ¡Gracias por cada grito, capitán!📝 https://t.co/RGWV8PDdJ4 pic.twitter.com/GJJZVqLhgd

— 🇦🇷 Selección Argentina ⭐⭐⭐ (@Argentina) March 29, 2023

Three minutes later, Argentina scored his second goal. Starting from Germany Pezzella's header which was blocked by the Curacao defender on the line. Nico's rebound ball was headed into the net. The score becomes 2-0.

Messi scored the second goal and put Argentina 3-0 up in the 33rd minute. Gonzalez and Enzo Fernandez's partnership ended with Messi's shot into the empty net.

The home team moved further away after scoring their fourth goal in the 35th minute. Enzo Fernandez listed his name on the scoreboard with a long-range shot that Room failed to stop.

Messi scored his third goal in this game two minutes later. Lo Celso provided a cross to Messi, who went into the penalty box before putting the ball into the Curacao goal. The first half ended with a score of 5-0 for Argentina.

Winning five goals, Argentina lowered the tempo of their game in the second half.

In the 78th minute, Argentina was awarded a penalty after Angel's kick in Maria hit Cuco Martina's hand. The Juventus forward as the executor and successfully tricked Room into making the score 6-0.

Gonzalo Montiel perfected Argentina's appearance by scoring his seventh goal in the 87th minute. Receiving Paulo Dybala's pull pass from the left, the Sevilla defender directed the ball to a far post that Room couldn't thwart.

Argentina's 7-0 lead lasts until the game ends.

Curacao is a team that has been defeated by the Indonesian national team in a friendly match. In fact, the Garuda Squad defeated Curacao twice.

In the first match which took place on September 24, the Indonesian national team won 32. Meanwhile, in the second match, after the next three days, Indonesia won 2-1.

Line-up:

Argentina (4-3-1-2): Emiliano Martinez (80' Armani); Gonzalo Montiel, German Pezzella, Nicolas Otamendi (50' Foyth), Marcos Acuna; Alexis Mac Allister (50' De Paul), Enzo Fernandez (50' Palacios), Giovani Lo Celso (67' Di Maria); Lionel Messi; Lautaro Martinez (67' Dybala), Nicolas Gonzalez

Curacao (4-3-1-2): Eloy Room; Jurien Gaari, Cuco Martina, Roson van Eijma (73' Troupee), Sherel Floranus; Brandley Kuwas (73' Severina), Vurnon Anita (85' Felida), Kenji Gorre (58' Antonisse); Leandro Bacuna (84' Roematrooe); Rangelo Janga (58' Zivkovic), Juninho Bacuna