The players who scored the most hat-tricks in the 21st century were, of course, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
On the morning of the 29th (Korean time), Argentina played a friendly match against Curacao in March at the Estadio Unico Madre de Ciudades in Santiago del Estero, Argentina. The result was a 7-0 victory for Argentina.
A world champion and a football periphery met. Argentina is currently ranked second in the FIFA rankings and is the last 2022 World Cup champion in Qatar. On the other hand, Curaçao is only 86th in the FIFA rankings. Nonetheless, Argentina put forward a large number of key players as starters.
On this day, Argentina operated a 4-3-3 formation. Messi, Lautaro, and Gonzalez lined up the front, while Mac Allister, Enzo, and Lo Celso formed the midfield. Acuña, Otamendi, Pechela, and Montiel were in charge of the back four, and Emiliano Martinez wore the goalkeeper’s gloves.
Argentina took the lead with Messi’s goal in the 20th minute of the first half. When the water broke once, scores came out one after another. Three minutes later, Gonzales scored an additional goal. And in the 33rd and 35th minutes of the first half, Messi and Enzo scored goals one after another. 안전놀이터
Messi has completed a hat trick. In the 37th minute of the first half, he received a pass from Ro Celso and shook the net. This is Messi, who reported a hat-trick just 17 minutes after the first goal. Argentina defeated Curaçao 7-0 in the second half with goals from Di María and Montiel.
Messi, who added 3 goals that day, recorded 102 points in 174 A-matches. After Ronaldo (Portugal, 122 goals in 198 matches) and Ali Daei (Iran, 109 goals in 149 matches), he conquered the 100th goal for the third time in history.
Messi also recorded his 57th hat-trick of his career. According to the UK’s ‘Give Me Sports’, this is the second highest record among all players in the 21st century. 1st place is Ronaldo. Ronaldo has so far scored 62 hat-tricks.