Lionel Messi opened the scoring for Argentina in their first-round knockout match against Australia at the World Cup. A win for Messi’s side will see them play the Netherlands in the quarter-finals.
Messi scored his third goal of this World Cup, as he captains his side for the third consecutive game out in Qatar. The goal for the attacker fell on his 1000th career game.
Not only was it significant that he scored in his landmark match, but it was also because he recorded his first-ever knockout goal in a World Cup.
