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The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to African nations.
Messi has scored thirteen goals in FIFA World Cup tournaments, [1] a record for Argentina; [13] he scored one goal in 2006, four in 2014, one in 2018 and another seven in 2022. The remainder of Messi's goals, 51, have come in friendlies.
Only player to provide at least one assist in four and five different World Cup tournaments and most consecutive World Cup tournaments with at least one assist: 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 [336] Most Player of the Match awards won at the World Cup finals : 11 (1 in 2010, 4 in 2014, 1 in 2018, 5 in 2022)
Lionel Messi is the player with the most games played at the FIFA World Cup, and one of only six along with German Lothar Matthäus, Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and Mexicans Antonio Carbajal, Andrés Guardado, and Rafael Márquez to have entered the field in five different tournaments.
Messi and Maradona would work together as player and manager for Argentina's national side from 2008 through the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the latter thoroughly impressed with the former's skills. [296] It was during this period that Messi was given Argentina's number 10 shirt that Maradona famously wore.
The USWNT is heavily represented, and so are Lionel Messi, Landon Donovan and Sergio Aguero. But what's No. 1? And what else made our list of the decade's top soccer moments?
The knockout stage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup was the second and final stage of the World Cup, following the group stage. It began on 26 June with the round of 16 matches, and ended on 11 July with the final match of the tournament held at Soccer City, Johannesburg, in which Spain beat the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time to claim their first World Cup.
Messi and Argentina would be managed from 2008 to the 2010 FIFA World Cup by compatriot Diego Maradona. From late 2008, the national team experienced a three-year period marked by poor performances. [424] Diego Maradona, who had captained Argentina to World Cup victory as a player, became the national team's manager on 29 October 2008. [442]