The Dhaka Times Desk Argentina led by Lionel Messi is going to start the Qatar World Cup mission today (Tuesday) against Saudi Arabia. That's why Argentina fans have no end of joy.
Lionel Messi, the captain of Argentina and the little football wizard, is standing in front of several important records before going down to play in the World Cup. Messi will be able to be a member of the maximum 5 World Cup playing clubs if he plays today (Tuesday).
Mexico's legendary goalkeeper Antonio Carbajal, defender Rafael Marquez and Germany's midfielder Lothar Mathews have already entered the list of most played matches. This time, Lionel Messi will be named in the list of maximum 5 World Cup games. Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo has a chance.
Messi and Ronaldo have played in the last four World Cups in 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018. This World Cup will be Messi and Ronaldo's fifth World Cup.
On the other hand, Germany's Mathews has played the most 25 matches in the history of the World Cup. And so far Messi has played 19 matches. After playing 7 more matches, Messi will surpass Matthews and create a world record. For that, Messi's team Argentina should reach the semi-finals. Messi can play a total of 6 games including 3 in the group stage, last sixteen, quarter finals and semis.
Messi will lose 7 matches including the third place decider if he loses in the semi. Or Lionel Messi will have 7 matches in this tournament even if he reaches the final. Lionel Messi will become the owner of the world record.
World legend Diego Maradona played the most 21 matches for Argentina in the World Cup. Messi has 19 matches so far. If 3 matches are played in the group stage of this season, Messi's number of matches will be 22. With that, Messi will also leave Maradona behind.
On the other hand, former German striker Miroslav Klose has tasted the most victory in the history of the World Cup. He has 17 wins in 4 World Cups. And Messi's victory in the World Cup is 12. Messi will be able to overtake Klose if he wins all the matches from the group stage to the semi-finals in this tournament. However, losing in the semis is not a problem. Messi will continue if he wins the third place match.
On the other hand, Mexico's former defender Rafael Marquez led the most in the history of the World Cup as a captain i.e. 17 matches. Argentina's legendary footballer Diego Maradona is second in this list. He led in 16 matches. Messi has led Argentina in 12 matches at the World Cup so far. Lionel Messi will overtake Marquez if Argentina reaches the semi-finals of this World Cup.
So far, Messi has scored in 4 World Cups in 2006, 2014 and 2018. However, he could not score in 2010. If he scores in the World Cup in Qatar, Lionel Messi will become the first Argentine to score in four World Cups.
Lionel Messi has scored 3 goals each in the World Cup equal to Diego Maradona and Gabriel Batistuta. Maradona scored in 1982, 1986, 1994 World Cup and Batistuta in 1994, 1998, 2002.
Batistuta scored the maximum 10 goals for Argentina in the World Cup. Messi will need 5 goals to beat Batistuta. Messi's total goals in the World Cup are 6. Lionel Messi scored 1 in 2006, 4 in 2014 and 1 in 2018. Argentina captain Lionel Messi has a chance to surpass Batistuta in this tournament.
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