00:08The group J fixtures, six of them split evenly between Kansas City, San Francisco and here
00:14in Dallas, three with Inter Miami, Alexis McAllister and Enzo Fernandez made their Argentina
00:21breakthroughs at the last World Cup, he's just been cleared to play for Austria, former
00:25German under-21 to the national miss, Gregorich Kolajic as the big man up front.
00:34Countdown done, game on, and Ralf Reynick has said, as he wants him to defeat, he knows where
00:42the space is, Enzo Fernandez, it's a terrific challenge, referees right on the spot, Argentina
00:48wants a penalty, certainly not going to get one on field.
00:57To Lautaro Martinez, look how desperate those red shirts are to get back.
01:03Of course, Leo Messi's been getting ever closer to closer, Miroslav Closu in the all-time record,
01:10now he's level, 16, is he going to get a penalty here to go in front?
01:19There you go, wait.
01:26There you have it.
01:35It's Lionel Messi.
01:38Oh!
01:40History beckoned, but for somebody of such ability.
01:45See, I think he gave the goalkeeper a chance by the little casual run-up, and almost stopping
01:50when he gets to the ball.
01:56Here is Lionel Messi.
01:59Oh!
02:00Starga sticks out of foot.
02:04When he senses there's something for him.
02:07It's a ball forward by Enzo Fernandez.
02:11Oh, it's come back to Messi.
02:14It was blocked.
02:17Here is Messi to trigger an attack here with Almada.
02:20Medina coming up on the outside.
02:25Oh, yes!
02:27There it is!
02:28There it is!
02:32In terms of scoring in World Cup Finals, you are looking at the greatest of all time.
02:42But, all the accolades will quite rightly follow now.
02:46It was his pass out to the left that started it.
02:49Look at him, edge of the box, right of the screen, walking onto it.
02:53Just controlling it, passing it beyond Schlager into the Austrian net.
03:02And it just seems so right, so fitting that the first goal of this game today is a record-breaking
03:08one by that man.
03:12Well, Lionel made a really positive run through the middle.
03:15It might have been time for one ball over the top.
03:18It's the end of the first half.
03:20Well, first, the reprieve.
03:26Second half underway.
03:28With a job on their hands.
03:33Shots from distance have done some damage in this World Cup.
03:37He goes for goal and it courses Martinez into his hardest piece of work in the game so far.
03:43If they need a second goal to settle it, they'll get one.
03:54It really could well have been.
03:56Oh, really applying a bit of heat, make them maybe serve it forward and then mop it up from there.
04:00That's a great goal down the line.
04:03Here's Gonzales to wrap it up.
04:10He doesn't get there anyway.
04:12It breaks for a loitering Leo Messi who's got bags of options coming from the opposite flank.
04:21And a great stop by Schlager.
04:24It's Messi going to crown it all himself.
04:28He has to.
04:33Well, this truth is stranger than fiction.
04:41And that's the last kick of the game from the man of the game.
04:46From the footballer on the planet.
04:50Just when you think he's done everything, he does more.
04:53Very good.
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