Friendly Cats: Impressive Messi goal led Argentina to victory against Brazil (9 VIDEO) © EuroFootball.com

On Wednesday, national teams across the world played friendly matches.

Argentine team defeated Brazil with an impressive goal from Lionel Messi, securing a minimal victory.

The best football player on the planet deceived two defenders in stoppage time and sent the ball into the net.

Earlier, Brazilian Dani Alves had a chance, but his attempt hit the crossbar, and Ronaldinho's shot was deflected.

France won a deserved victory at London's Wembley Stadium, beating England 2-1.

The French dominated, with the first goal coming after only 16 minutes when Karim Benzema found the net. Soon after halftime, Mathieu Valbuena doubled the lead, while a late goal from Peter Crouch was not enough for Fabio Capello's team, disappointing the nearly 90,000 spectators in the stadium.

Ciprian Marica's own goal gave Italy a draw in the match against Romania.

In the 83rd minute, Marica headed the ball into his own net, negating the goal he had scored in the first half.

Russia suffered a disappointing 0-2 defeat at home against Belgium.

Both goals for the winners were scored by Romelu Lukaku from Anderlecht.

Paraguay had an impressive victory, defeating Hong Kong 7-0. Roque Santa Cruz, who will leave the "Man City" club in January, scored two goals for the winning team.

Our neighbors Latvia lost 0-1 to the Chinese team, while Estonia played a 1-1 draw at home against Liechtenstein, who is Lithuania's opponent in the European Championship qualification tournament Group I.