Messi's hat trick of 5 goals in Estonia

The Argentine star started from where Messi finished in the final against Italy, against Estonia. Argentina beat Estonia 5-0 in a FIFA friendly on Sunday (June 5) at the El Sadar Stadium in Pamplona, ​​Spain. Messi has scored all the goals.

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In the FIFA friendly match, Argentina played well with Estonia. Estonia lags far behind Argentina in terms of rankings. Argentina ranks 110th in the FIFA rankings, while Estonia ranks 110th. So before the match it was understood that the match was going to be one sided. And so it is.

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Messi scored from the penalty spot at the beginning of the match. Then, just before the break of the first half, Messi wrapped the ball in the net again from the open play. Lionel Messi took just two minutes after the break. The Argentine superstar picked up his hat-trick in the 48th minute. Messi then scored two more goals in the 71st and 76th minutes to ensure Argentina's big win.

Earlier in his professional career, Messi has scored five goals in a single match. It was against Leverkusen in the 2012 Champions League. But this is Messi's first national team to score five goals in a match. However, Messi did not get a double hat-trick. He needed one more goal.

Argentina's challenge against Estonia, the bottom team in Europe, will not be so difficult, it was already understood. That is why Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni has given a chance to the players of the bench by resting eight players of his regular XI.

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Messi did not take the time to negotiate with the newcomers. Argentina has been playing with power from the beginning. That power continues till the end of the match. In the whole match, 79% of the ball was on the feet of Argentine players. And at this time they took 24 shots targeting the opponent's post. With this victory, Argentina remained unbeaten in 33 matches. The last time they lost a match was in 2019.