Lionel Messi was in charge again! He scored a hat-trick for Argentina, surpassed Pelé and is the top South American scorer

Lionel Messi seems to be in the ultimate cool! At least, that’s what it seems like when it comes to his performances in the Argentina jersey. Before returning to Paris, he played a match against Bolivia on Thursday night, in which he scored a hat-trick.

When Argentina won the dream Copa América, it was a dream come true. Lionel Messi has finally succeeded on the national stage. Thanks to that, he is not the only one who is now very happy.

This is reflected in the entire Argentinian squad, which has won its first two matches in qualifying for the upcoming World Cup. Venezuela took it 3-1, while Bolivia did a little worse and fell 3-0.

All three goals against Bolivia were scored by Lionel Messi, and his first two goals in particular were truly excellent. In the first one, he set a crib to an attacking defender and sent the ball technically to the left post with incredible skill.

The second goal was reminiscent of the era when he was still rolling with Xavi and Iniesta in a Barcelona jersey. A great combination, which is simply a must like.

The third goal was just the finish of a deflected shot.

Messi has now scored 79 goals for the Argentine national team, surpassing the legendary Pelé (77 goals) with his hat-trick and becoming the top scorer for the South American national team.

Source: Transfermarkt, Twitter