After his goal against Ecuador, the new record achieved by Messi with Argentina

Argentina emerged victorious from the duel against the Ecuadorian National Team in a match that marked the start of the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. The match was extremely complex due to the great hardness on the part of the Ecuadorians and the great match of Moises Caicedo in midfield.

However, Ecuador did not have the genius of Messi, who needed a free kick at the end of the match to give his team the victory in this match. With a just victory for Argentina, who found victory with a genius from Messi and justified it with a great game in the second half. The 1-0 ended up being short because of what was shown in the plugin.

Now, after the result, the records that Lionel Messi managed to achieve after his vital goal against Ecuador are known. An exquisite shot from the Argentine captain was the only goal with which Scaloni's team obtained the three points at the start of the tournament. For Lionel Messi, he enjoys these types of matches like never before, since it could be his last great adventure with the Argentine National Team.

Lionel Messi equaled striker Luis Suarez, scoring 29 goals in qualifying, being the top scorer in this type of match. On the other hand, Messi also equaled David Beckham's record for free kicks, who has a total of 65 goals scored from direct kicks in his career.