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Powered by NeoCortex · NeoAxonMessi enters the match in the second half, replacing Augusto Fernández to inject fresh creativity into Argentina’s attack.
Messi scores Argentina’s second, calmly finishing with his left foot from the center of the box into the bottom left corner after a pass from Gonzalo Higuaín.
Messi drives forward and wins a free kick in the attacking half after being fouled, setting up a dangerous dead-ball opportunity.
From the resulting free kick, Messi curls a sublime left-footed shot over the wall into the top right corner to make it 3–0.
Messi completes his hat-trick with another left-footed finish from the center of the box to the bottom left corner, this time set up by a pass from Marcos Rojo.
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