The kind message of Lionel Messi regarding the COVID-19 pandemic

Lionel Messi scored in Thurday's night the unique goal in Argentina's national team victory against Ecuador in the start of the World Cup Qualifiers. La Pulga had a normal game in La Bombonera, but his team won and started with a victory their way to Qatar 2022.

After the match, Leo talked with the press and send a king message to all of those who are suffering because of COVID-19 pandemic and said that giving happiness to his people with the win serves to descompress. He also wished much strenght to all Argentines, as the country is having several problems to control the pandemic.

Messi scored his 71th goal using his national team jersey and he took even more advantage as the player who scored the most for his country in history. Despite the victory, local press critized that the team didn't play as well as intended and that experienced serious problems to dominate the game.

Argentina will play next Tuesday against Bolivia in La Paz in their second game of the World Cup Qualifiers. That rival has complicated several times Messi's team in the past as the conditions to play at that height are in deed very tough.