![OptaJoe on Twitter: "8 - Lionel Messi has now scored as many World Cup goals as Diego Maradona (8), with only Gabriel Batistuta (10) netting more for Argentina at the tournament overall. OptaJoe on Twitter: "8 - Lionel Messi has now scored as many World Cup goals as Diego Maradona (8), with only Gabriel Batistuta (10) netting more for Argentina at the tournament overall.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FihGEleX0AUVpG-.jpg)
OptaJoe on Twitter: "8 - Lionel Messi has now scored as many World Cup goals as Diego Maradona (8), with only Gabriel Batistuta (10) netting more for Argentina at the tournament overall.
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World Cup as it happened: Messi on target as Argentina beat Australia to progress to next round – The Irish Times
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Argentina reach World Cup 2022 final: Lionel Messi, Julian Alvarez combine to eliminate Croatia in semifinal - CBSSports.com
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Lionel Messi 2022 World Cup stats and history: Goals, assists and more for Argentina legend | Sporting News
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Argentina - Mexico summary: Messi and Enzo goals, score, goals, highlights 2-0 | Qatar World Cup 2022 - AS USA
![on Twitter: "#FIFAWorldCup 2022 Stats Who wins the WC Golden BALL? Messi 🐐 v Mbappe v Griezmann Goals: 5-5-0 Assists: 3-2-3 Shots on target: 14-11-3 A.Passes: 258-154-237 Key passes: 18-11-21 Big on Twitter: "#FIFAWorldCup 2022 Stats Who wins the WC Golden BALL? Messi 🐐 v Mbappe v Griezmann Goals: 5-5-0 Assists: 3-2-3 Shots on target: 14-11-3 A.Passes: 258-154-237 Key passes: 18-11-21 Big](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fj-HE2DWAAYqVd8.jpg:large)
on Twitter: "#FIFAWorldCup 2022 Stats Who wins the WC Golden BALL? Messi 🐐 v Mbappe v Griezmann Goals: 5-5-0 Assists: 3-2-3 Shots on target: 14-11-3 A.Passes: 258-154-237 Key passes: 18-11-21 Big
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