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| Argentina vs Curacao |
Argentina and Lionel Messi don't want this particular party to stop.
The defending World Cup champions wrapped up their celebration tour on home soil with a 7-0 win over Curacao featuring a first-half hat-trick by Lionel Messi. It's a win that's expected to lift Argentina to the No. 1 FIFA world ranking.
Exactly 100 days since hoisting the World Cup trophy, the Argentina captain led his team's first-half explosion with three of his team's five goals before halftime. Messi's first goal was the 100th in his Argentina career, one of only three men's players in history to reach that mark.
The second half saw the usual flood of substitutions on both sides, but the home side still added two more goals through an Angel Di Maria penalty and a goal by the penalty shootout hero from the World Cup final, Gonzalo Montiel.
This was the last action for Argentina until a reported June tour of Asia (June 14-20), where they will play two friendlies. That will be followed by the opening of 2026 World Cup qualifying in September at home against Ecuador and then away at Bolivia.
What a 🏆win.
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