​Lionel Messi was announced as the best player of the Argentina-Mexico match, and at the end of the controversy of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the PSG star spoke about the importance of this victory.

“We took the first three points and now we will prepare as well as possible for another final, against Poland (Wednesday, from 21:00).

It was a difficult game because Mexico has a great coach (without “Dad” Martino) and it is not easy to take the ball away from them.

We have achieved our goal, but we haven’t won anything yet” – Lionel Messi.

Lionel Messi tied with Diego Maradona for the number of matches and goals at the World Cup

The match against Mexico was Messi’s 21st at the World Cups and the Argentine drew level with Diego Maradona who won the world title with the Pumas.

Messi made his debut in the final tournament of this kind in 2006, when he collected 3 matches. To date, Lionel Messi has played 5 matches at the 2010 World Cup (South Africa), 7 matches at the 2014 World Cup (Brazil when he played in the final) and 4 matches at the 2014 World Cup (Russia). In the current tournament, Messi played two matches.

The absolute record holder for the number of matches played at the World Cup is the German Lothar Matthaus, who played 25 matches.

At the same time, Lionel Messi restored another important milestone in the history of the Argentina national football team, managing to reach 8 goals scored in the World Cup, the same number of goals as Diego Maradona.

Tournament table of group C

1. Poland – 4 b

2. Argentina – 3 pages

3. Saudi Arabia – 3 pages

4. Mexico – 1 page

The last games of group S

Poland – Argentina (30.11 – 21:00)

Saudi Arabia – Mexico (30.11 – 21:00)