Messi becomes first player to break Maradona’s record that was created against Nigeria

The Argentine was in his parts on the evening, and his brilliance pushed his facet to the subsequent spherical of the World Cup 

Lionel Messi guided Argentina into the spherical of 16 of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup after a 2-0 win in opposition to Poland.

The PSG star also became the oldest player to create 5+ probabilities and make 5+ dribbles in a World Cup match, breaking Diego Maradona’s 28-year-old file which he created in Argentina’s 2-1 loss to Nigeria within the 1994 World Cup.

Argentina wanted a victory in opposition to Poland to seal qualification to the Spherical of 16 of the World Cup, and star man Messi would have an enormous position to play in the event that they needed to get the outcome.

The PSG man may have put the Albiceleste in entrance within the thirty ninth minute, however he missed his spot-kick.

Nevertheless, Messi’s blushes have been saved within the second half after Alexis Mac Allister put Argentina in entrance within the forty sixth minute.

Julian Alvarez then doubled Argentina’s lead within the 67th, and that was sufficient to finish the victory for Argentina.

Asides from his miss, Messi had an outstanding recreation with 4 photographs heading in the right direction, 98 touches, six dribbles, and 5 key passes.

Argentina will tackle Australia within the Spherical of 16 on the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium on Saturday.