Messi cuts inside and unleashes a left-footed strike from outside the box, but Eloy Room gets down to save in the bottom right corner after a pass from Nicolás González.

Messi finds space in the center of the box and fires a right-footed shot, but Eloy Room saves it straight in the middle of the goal after a set-up from Gonzalo Montiel.

Messi opens the scoring, taking a pass from Giovani Lo Celso in the middle of the box and calmly finishing right-footed into the bottom left corner.

Messi threads a pass into the box for Lautaro Martínez, whose right-footed effort from the center is saved low to the bottom right corner by Eloy Room.

Messi scores again from the center of the box, striking a left-footed shot into the bottom left corner after being set up by Nicolás González.

Messi turns provider, laying the ball off for Enzo Fernández, who blasts a right-footed shot from outside the box into the bottom right corner.

On a swift counterattack, Messi times his run perfectly to meet Giovani Lo Celso’s through ball and finishes with a left-footed shot from the center of the box into the bottom right corner.

Messi steps up for a direct free kick from outside the box and curls a left-footed effort that flies just too high over the crossbar.

Messi drives forward in the attacking half, drawing a foul as he attempts to beat his marker and wins a dangerous free kick for Argentina.

Messi splits the Curaçao defense with a through ball to Nicolás González, whose left-footed shot from the left side of the box is saved low at the near post.

Messi latches onto Ángel Di María’s through ball in the center of the box and hits a left-footed shot, but Eloy Room parries it away from the middle of his goal.

From another direct free kick outside the box, Messi sends a left-footed strike over the wall but it sails too high over the goal.

Receiving a pass from Rodrigo De Paul, Messi fires a left-footed shot from outside the box toward the bottom left corner, but Eloy Room gets down to make the save.

In the closing moments, Messi gets free in the center of the box and shoots with his left foot, but the attempt drifts wide to the left.