On the morning of March 26, Beijing time, the South American region of the World Preliminary Round ushered in a match, the Argentine men's football team played at home against the Venezuelan men's football team. In the end, Argentina relied on the joint goals of Nicolas Gonzalez, Di Maria and Messi to win a big 3-0 victory, and won the World Preliminary Round unbeaten in 16 rounds, continuing to rank second in the South American zone. Messi returned to the national team to score in the first game, scoring 28 goals in the World Preliminary Round, tying Suarez and ranking first in South American history.
Previously, in the standings, Argentina won 10 wins and 5 draws in 15 rounds, accumulated 35 points and ranked second, and has advanced to the World Cup, and there is not much pressure in terms of results.
The remaining 2 World Preliminary Rounds, Messi returned to the national team, entered the World Cup preparation mode in advance, and the most important honor of this year is naturally to impact the World Cup championship, which is also the ultimate goal of Messi's career.
In the starting lineup, Argentina sent Messi, Nicolas Gonzalez and Joaquin Correa forward trident, while De Paul, Paredes and McAllister were in midfield.
In the 34th minute of the first half, McAllister sent a direct shot, and De Paul's cross from the right assisted Nicholas Gonzalez to tackle the goal, and Argentina took a 1-0 lead.
Messi, as the core of the offensive combination, has sent out wonderful passes many times. In the 32nd and 64th minutes, Messi gave two precise direct balls to the box, Joaquin Correa shots were blocked consecutively, and Messi missed the opportunity to assist and score twice.
In the 79th minute, Di Maria, who came off the bench, picked up a pass from his teammate and fired a kick from the front of the penalty area to help Argentina extend the score 2-0.
In the 82nd minute, Di Maria's cross from the right into the box, Messi kicked with his right foot, and finally scored, and teammates hugged Messi to celebrate.
In the end, Argentina relied on the joint goals of Nicolas Gonzalez, Di Maria and Messi to win 3-0 against Venezuela.
This victory has allowed Argentina to set 4 consecutive records, the first is that the official game has not lost to Venezuela for 12 consecutive years, the second is that the World Preliminary Round home game against Venezuela continues to be unbeaten, with a record of 7 wins and 1 draw, the third is to refresh the longest consecutive clean sheet record at home in the history of the World Preliminary Round, which has been expanded to 6 games, with a record of 5 wins and 1 draw, and the fourth is that the World Preliminary Tournament has remained unbeaten in 16 consecutive rounds.