(VIDEO) Lionel Messi scores a free-kick goal with Argentina and equalizes David Beckham's record

Lionel Messi did it again. The Inter Miami player placed a great shot to give victory to the Argentine National Team in a match that was very complicated for Scaloni's men due to a great version of the Ecuadorian National Team in this match. The footballer managed to score a free kick in the last 10 minutes of the match.

Messi is intact, and despite the fact that he did not have the perfect game against Ecuador, Lionel Scaloni was right to leave him on the field because he needed a play like this to define and give the victory to the Argentine team in this instance. The Argentine team is measured against Ecuador in the first game of the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. With this goal, Lionel Messi equaled the number of free kick goals David Beckham has, with a total of 65 goals.

Lionel Messi was called up after shining with Inter Miami in recent months. The coach of the Argentine National Team even decided to bet on the footballer from the beginning to establish himself in a match that he was tight. Now, many are starting to ask for Lionel Messi for the 2026 World Cup.

Is it possible for Messi to play in the 2026 World Cup?

Messi is 36 years old and, if he plays in the 2026 World Cup, he would be the first footballer to play in a sixth World Cup. "It is difficult for it to happen. The qualifiers are missing, the Copa América, it is going too far to think about the World Cup when we just finished one," said the man from Rosario, shortly after winning the cup he most wanted before the Argentine media.