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Messi made his debut for Argentina in a 2–1 away win over Hungary on 17 August 2005, [7] and scored his first international goal the following year in his sixth appearance, against Croatia. [1] His goal against Serbia and Montenegro , on 16 June 2006, at the age of 18 years and 358 days, made him the youngest-ever scorer for Argentina at a ...
The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organised by FIFA.It took place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2007.
The pair had broken each other's record over the course of 2015, after Messi surpassed the previous recordholder, Raúl, in November 2014. [178] Ronaldo opened a gap in the 2015–16 season when he became the first player to score double figures in the group stage of the Champions League, setting the record at 11 goals.
The match ball for the 2014 FIFA World Cup final, announced on 29 May 2014, was a variation of the Adidas Brazuca named the Adidas Brazuca Final Rio. [21] Though the technical aspects of the ball were the same, the design was different from the Brazuca balls used in the group phase and prior knockout games, with a green, gold and black coloring ...
With Belgium's victory, the 2014 World Cup became the first tournament where all the top teams of the group stage advanced to the quarter-finals. [43] U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard recorded 15 saves [ 44 ] [ note 2 ] in the match, which was the most saves recorded in a match since FIFA started to keep track of the number of saves in 1966. [ 45 ]
[142] [143] The 2020–21 season saw Messi surpass Xavi's record to reach a club record of 768 appearances. [144] He would lead the club to victory in the 2021 Copa del Rey final. [145] [146] His last two seasons with Barcelona saw him lead La Liga in goal scoring, giving him a record-breaking total of eight Pichichi trophies. [147] [148]
On 21 August, Messi provided a long-range assist for Mbappé, clocked at eight seconds, for Ligue 1's second-fastest goal ever scored, before also scoring a goal in 7–1 away win over Lille. [ 332 ] [ 333 ] The following matches, after registering six goal contributions, including one goal and five assists, Messi was named Ligue 1's Player of ...
Group G of the 2014 FIFA World Cup consisted of eventual champions Germany, Portugal, Ghana and United States. Play began on 16 June and ended on 26 June 2014. The top two teams, Germany and the United States, advanced to the round of 16.