The Paris Saint-Germain ace delivered the goods for his country at the point when he was needed the most on Saturday night
Lionel Messi produced two moments of inspiration to lift Argentina to a 2-0 win over Mexico at the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Messi scored one and assisted the other to drag Argentina back from the edge of elimination and powered them to their first win of the tournament.
Argentina suffered a rude shock in their opening Group C match when the reigning Copa America champions fell to an unexpected 2-1 defeat to Saudi Arabia. Messi netted a first-half…
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