If the history of world cups has Leo Messi as one of the symbols, logically, we must talk about goals. The Argentine left his mark on the networks at the World Cup, not as much as at the club level, but enough to have left several memories aside.
How will it be with the Argentine team in Qatar in 2022? Before the tournament, it's time to take stock of Messi's relationship with goals in the World Cup.
Messi scored six goals throughout his career in the world Cup. The figure is relatively low for his number of appearances (19, 17 starts), at least for the usual records he has become accustomed to in his career at the club.
We are talking about an average of 0.31 goals per game in the World Cup, or one goal every 271 minutes played during his time in the tournament.
In four World Cups, Messi has played and scored in three. Curiously, his debut was with a purpose: he scored the last in Argentina's 6-0 win over Serbia and Montenegro in Germany in 2006.
Curious was also his stage in South Africa in 2010 since he could not score in any of the five games he played with the team led by Diego Armando Maradona that fell to Germany in the quarterfinals.
His peak performance came in Brazil in 2014, not by chance since Argentina was on the verge of glory: they lost the final against Germany in added time. Leo scored all four goals in this tournament in a truly impressive group stage where all three rivals suffered: Bosnia, Iran, and Nigeria (2).
His last goal was in Russia 2018 in the initial closing phase vs. Nigeria match in which Argentina obtained an agonizing classification to the round of 16 thanks to a goal by Marcos Rojo.
Brazil 2014 Bosnia (group stage) Sixty-five game (left foot) 2-1
Brazil 2014 Iran (group stage) 91 game (left foot) 1-0
Brazil 2014 Nigeria (group stage) 3 game (left foot) 3-2
Brazil 2014 Nigeria (group stage) Four five Free kicks (left foot) 3-2
Russia 2018 Nigeria (group stage) 14 playing (right foot) 2-1
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