Greetings to everyone,
The skipper for both, FC Barcelona and Argentina served as a guiding force through all the triumph in the Copa America 2021.
Finally, Lionel Messi gave cherished to his dream coming true upon winning an international trophy this year, and also gave his serve for Argentina to their first major international trophy in 28 years on Saturday of Copa America 2021. In 1993, La Albiceleste won his last major international trophy. But the drought finally came to an end as the Argentines trashed their rivals (Brazil) in a 1-0 score on finals.
Lionel Messi, FC Barcelona star was the top scorer with five assists in the competition, with Luis Diaz Colombia. The 34 year old star, Messi was given a Golden Ball Award in contribution to 9 Goals out of total *
13 goals from Argentina.
Apart from being the best standout performer for the entire tournament, Lionel Messi also setted some few records in the tournament. He became the all time Argentina's most capped (151) in international Football by surpassing Javier Mascherano.
Lionel Messi continued to set records on becoming the first Argentina player to appear in six different edition of Copa America ( 2017-2021 ) and providing 5 assists just in one edition.
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Some key stats of Lionel Messi in the Copa America 2021;
| Mins played | Goals | Assists | Penalty goals | FK G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 630 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
Lionel Messi was an incredible player who changes everything about the game, Copa America 2021. Not surprisingly, Messi will definitely be the owner of the Ballon D'or 2021, but I heard names like Chelsea Midfielder Jorginho is hoping to be a competitor, unknowingly the days are being numbered on the wait.
Thanks you all for the Attentions.