Messi overtakes Pele; Latin American player scores the most goals – News18 Malayalam

Messi, the Argentine superstar who has broken many records on the football field, has once again set another record. Messi holds the record for most goals scored by a player from a Latin American country in international football.

Messi holds the record for most goals in Latin American football after scoring against Bolivia in a World Cup qualifier. Messi broke the record held by football legend Pele. Pele scored 77 goals.

Before the match against Bolivia, Messi was one goal behind Pele’s record. Messi scored the first goal of the match, equaling the record of the legendary player, and later the hat-trick.

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Argentina’s victory over Bolivia in the Messi record-breaking match was authentic. Argentina won the match by three goals to nothing. Messi’s hat-trick made Argentina’s journey to qualifying for the World Cup even easier. Argentina’s winning goals came in the 14th, 64th and 88th minutes from Messi’s boot. This is Messi’s seventh hat-trick in an Argentine jersey. When Argentina shone on Messi’s hat-trick, the Bolivian players had little to do.

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In other matches in the Latin American round of World Cup qualifiers, Brazil beat Peru, Paraguay beat Venezuela and Colombia beat Chile. Brazil, unbeaten in the eighth match in a row, beat Peru by two goals to none, while Paraguay beat Venezuela by two goals to one and Colombia by three goals to one.

Brazil leads the Latin American round with 24 points from eight matches with eight wins. Argentina are second with 18 points from five wins. Uruguay are third with 15 points, Ecuador fourth and Colombia fifth. Ecuador and Colombia have 13 points each.