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During the night from Friday to Saturday, in a friendly match, Lionel Messi led the Argentine national team to a crushing victory. The Argentinians defeated their opponents from Guatemala 4-0.
L. Messi started the match in the starting lineup after a long break and did not take long to make an impact.
The leader of Barcelona scored the first goal in the 15th minute, when he made a flawless shot into the top corner of the goal after a pass from Ezequiel Lavezzi.
In the 35th minute of the match, Augusto Fernandez doubled the score after a pass from L. Messi. Five minutes later, the world's best football player earned a penalty kick and successfully converted it himself.
Just at the beginning of the second half, L. Messi completed a hat-trick, easily guiding the ball into the goal after a great pass from Lavezzi.
After these three goals, L. Messi surpassed Diego Maradona in the list of the most prolific Argentine players. Now, L. Messi has scored 35 goals and shares second-third place with Hernan Crespo. The most prolific Argentine player is Gabriel Batistuta, who has scored 56 goals.
