During the international break, it's the team that wins, and it's the stars who stand out.
In the Euro 2024 qualifiers, Portugal hosts Liechtenstein. Victory or defeat, no suspense; The score, there is no suspense. Portugal won 4-0 to open the group stage.
Since there is no suspense between the victory and the score, it was the man who wanted to do better - Aveiro who made the headlines after the game. Despite his trip to Saudi Arabia, Aveiro was selected for the inaugural national team of new manager Martinez and started wearing the captain's armband in the game, scoring on penalties and free-kicks, setting a number of records after scoring twice.
For example: selected for the Portuguese national team for 20 consecutive years, the only one in history; 20 consecutive years of national team goals, the only one in history; 197th Portuguese appearance, first in history; The individual national team scored a record of 120 goals, the first in history.
In addition, Aveiro became the first player in history to score in a European Championship qualifier for the Sand Premier League and became the oldest European player to score twice in a single game at the age of 38 years and 1 month.
It has to be said that Aveiro is a walking recorder, and as long as he is still playing on the field, he may set new records every moment.
Aveiro's lifelong enemy, Messi, also ushered in a personal milestone.
Argentina hosted Panama in their first match since winning the World Cup, and the jubilant celebrations filled the friendly with a sense of ceremony. Messi also scored with a wonderful free-kick in the game, bringing his total to 800 goals and successfully joining the 800 club.
Without the snub and accusations he encountered at the club, Messi felt warmth again after returning to the national team and once again put on a commendable performance. After this game, Messi's national team has played a record of 173 games, handing over 99 goals and 53 assists, only 1 goal away from 100 goals.
However, some fans of good things have scoffed at Messi's 99 national team goals. Because according to statistics, of Messi's 99 goals, only 55 goals were scored in official matches, and 44 came from friendly matches; Of Aveiro's 120 goals, 100 came from official matches.
Therefore, many Aveiro fans questioned that Messi's national team goals were too moisture, and they were not worthy of being compared with Aveiro. Such a reason, seemingly irrefutable, is actually unable to withstand scrutiny.
First of all, there are only ten teams in South America, and to host a Copa America, you have to invite several teams from other continents to get together a perfect group, so there is no qualifier for the Copa America, and when European teams participate in the European Cup qualifiers, South American teams can only play friendly matches.
Secondly, the strength of South American teams is not bad, the worst Venezuela and Bolivia are also ranked around 70, while European football has many perennial ranked outside the 100, such as San Marino, Faroe Islands, Luxembourg and so on.
Finally, Argentina's friendly opponents are not weak, such as Panama, the opponent this time, ranked 61st in the world; Portugal's opponent, Liechtenstein, is ranked 168th in the world.
It can be seen that Messi's friendly goals are not fake, but he is by no means singled out soft persimmons; Although Aveiro scored many goals in official matches, he scored 54 goals against the fishbelly team.
The Mero duo are still football legends, there is no rule that they cannot play in friendly matches and score against the fishbelly, so there is no need to blame, but watch and cherish it!