Lionel Messi and Argentina had a great moment at the start of the CONMEBOL qualifiers. The albiceleste team achieved an important victory against Ecuador in a match where Scaloni's team did not look so comfortable, but thanks to a free kick goal from the captain and now Inter Miami player, they managed to start this adventure towards the 2026 World Cup.
The Argentine footballer has had a dream last month. After his shocking debut in United States soccer with Inter Miami, Messi now showed that he still has the level to be with the National Team, and he was the one who gave them the victory against Ecuador. After the match, Messi also left an important image derived from a childhood story, curiously with his rival goalkeeper.
The curious thing is that Hernan Galíndez was born in Rosario 30 years ago, and played inferiors in the club he loved, Rosario Central. At that time he had to face Lionel Messi, who grew up in a very nearby neighborhood. In fact, the now captain of Argentina would have scored the first goal against Galíndez when he was 5 years old.
The curious fact between Messi and Galindez
The goalkeeper from Ecuador played for Estrella Júniors de Rosario, with which he faced a team in which the Argentine star played and this victory earned him a bicycle in his childhood. According to what he once said, he remembers that Messi scored the first goal he received, when he was just 5 years old.
