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This World Cup is being Lionel Messi’s World Cup and the man from Rosario is showing it match after match leaving behind numbers that seemed very far from surpassing and which were in the power of legendary figures of world football.
Names like Gabriel Batistuta, Lothar Matthäus and Diego Armando Maradona, are some of those that the PSG star has been able to leave behind in various lines.
Lionel Messi’s numbers
With 26 appearances in World Cups, Lionel Andrés Messi equaled the record for most participations and on Sunday in the Grand Final with 12, he will beat Lothar Herbert Matthäus , captain of the German National Team that won the World Cup in Italy 80.
But it was not all for Lionel Messi, since with nine assists he surpassed Diego Armando Maradona in that line and also with 11 goals surpassed Batistuta as the all-time top scorer in the World Cup with the Argentina National Team.
And if that was not enough, Lionel Messi with his pass and goal today could become the player who has participated in most goals in history , surpassing Miroslav Klose, Ronaldo Nazario, Gerd Muller and Pele. The PSG footballer has participated in 12 goals in his World Cup history played.
Records and what comes to Messi and Argentina in the final
Messi’s records do not seem to end and the Argentine will play another World Cup final where he hopes to get better results to retire as world champion.
After beating Croatia 3-0, Argentina now awaits a rival between Morocco and France to play the Grand Final of the Qatar World Cup .
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