The incredible record that Lionel Messi reached with the Hat-Trick vs Bolivia

Lionel Messi had a dream night at the Monumental Stadium, surrounded by his people, because in addition to scoring a hat-trick against Bolivia and giving his team the points, he broke a record that he had been looking for for a long time. Lionel Messi has become the top scorer in the history of the South American teams, as with the hat-trick of the day he reached 79 goals, surpassing the 77 that Pelé scored years ago.

After finishing the game, in the part of the interviews, Lionel Messi spoke about what this record meant for him, as La Pulga commented that he had been looking for it for a long time, that he had been denied, but now he got it in a unique moment. There were fans at the Monumental Stadium, everyone chanted Messi, cheered him after each of his goals and, in addition to this, the Argentine had the support of his family, so he could not contain his tears.

“It was a unique moment because of how it happened, after so much waiting, the truth is that there was no better way for it to be and to be able to be here celebrating; is incredible. My mother, my brothers, the tribune, suffered a lot too and… I'm very happy”, Messi said through tears.

Argentina is still on the lookout for Brazil in the Conmebol World Cup qualifiers, because with the victory against Bolivia, they reached 18 points and are currently 6 behind Canarinha, who is beating Peru, waiting for the resolution of the game between them that it was suspended. Messi will travel back to France, to meet with PSG after the FIFA Date; and now the fans are only waiting for their first goal in Ligue 1.