On Thursday, Argentine star Lionel Messi scored the fastest goal of his football career when he hit Australia’s net in a friendly match held in China.
Messi scored a goal 80 seconds after the game started by hitting a long shot that landed in the corner of the goal.
🚨 MESSI GOLAZO 🚨
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2 minutes into the game and Messi does what he does best. 💫
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In the 68th minute, German Pezzella scored a goal for the world champions, and the match ended with a score of two goals and no goals for the other team.
Pezzella with the header to make it 2️⃣
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De Paul and Messi combine from the corner and produce the perfect delivery 🎯
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The match between Messi and the world champions took place at the “Workers’ Stadium” in Beijing, which had 68,000 spectators.
Many people consider Messi to be the greatest soccer player of all time and he led Argentina to qualify for the 2022 Qatar World Cup. All eyes were on him.
A small number of fans had begun to gather in the stadium in the early morning, although the match kicked off at 8:00 pm local time (12:00 GMT).
Messi will move to American Inter Miami after two seasons in Paris Saint-Germain.
