00:07Gabby thank you very much indeed welcome back to Northern Texas between Dallas and Fort Worth
00:14the third of nine games in this spectacular stadium in this world club including a semi-final
00:21a bunch of hundreds of photographers in a scrum down there all for that man
00:27all sensing history yet another remarkable accolade on the list is possible today as you say
00:34with one more welcome
01:01Pockets of Austria and stuttered around the stadium but it is the feeling of a home game here for Argentina
01:11who follow their nation with so much passion but Austria of course on an upward
01:19trajection themselves so we'll be the holders to get us underway there
01:24there's plenty of players who are used to playing in big games
01:28so they won't be overawed by it
01:31Madina's on the overlap
01:34well they've kept it in as well
01:36to the side netting in the end
01:40despite Armada's appeals for the corner
01:45lovely first touch from Mesa
01:48all the space here for Martinez
01:52and the recovery was a clean one
01:58the interstriker is
02:05a hat-trick in the first game
02:08now a penalty in the second
02:13Lionel Messi from the spot
02:18he is human
02:23and his way for history goes on
02:32Martinez looking for the ball
02:33and found the mistake
02:35here's Messi
02:38and in the end the leg of Schlager was important
02:44Mestra got away with that one
02:46McAllister
02:48into Martinez
02:50Messi takes over
02:51rides the first challenge
02:55Almada
02:57Messi's touch
02:58well read by Schlager
03:00Messi on the follower
03:01blocked by Danzo
03:08the touch was sublime
03:10and Fernandes
03:15no we're in that tunnel to
03:19Messi
03:22Almada
03:23he's got two to his left
03:25it's forced Medina a little wide
03:27oh it's beautifully left
03:31and there it is
03:34yet another immortal Messi moment
03:41the all-time record
03:44the all-time record
03:44world cup goal scorer
03:48strike number 17
03:51on the biggest stage
03:54he's out on his own
03:58and it's his fourth goal of this tournament already
04:05history for Messi
04:06the lead for Argentina
04:18Martinez away
04:22that's the challenge on Messi
04:25by Danzo
04:42Messi
04:44a little over a minute of strategy
04:46to the holders in France
04:50and the moment all the Argentina fans came to see
04:54eventually happened
04:56the history maker
04:57the way through the end now
04:58and now Messi
05:02brilliant use of the body
05:04actually at the end of the season
05:08here's Messi
05:09called by a slager
05:24down to a dispossessed
05:25that's early to Messi
05:28it's Messi again
05:31fingers give offside
05:33he did look a yard or two off
05:34he's starting 11 the left back
05:36who hasn't won the world cup
05:37it's 11th cap today
05:38actually charging through the middle
05:41Argentina free kick
05:49Messi behind it
05:50to clip it into that danger area
05:55appearance for Austin
05:57and he forces a save
05:59out of Martinez
06:01certainly one you would have expected it to make
06:03yeah absolutely
06:05at least he gets on target
06:06forces a save but yeah
06:08the Paul now
06:10Almada
06:14and so Flanders with the effort
06:17brilliant move
06:26Mccallister
06:30Messi
06:33in from De Paul
06:34another excellent block
06:37to Fernandes
06:40Messi
06:48Martin
06:49Martin
06:49Argentina
06:49recommended
06:50Sabitzer
06:52got the earlier crossing
06:55Dragerich
06:55couldn't get over the header
06:58arguably the best moment
06:59good ball in from Sabitzer
07:04oh he took it well
07:05and it was a lovely invitation
07:08for the substitute Gonzalez
07:12time this run beautifully
07:15free nobody near him should do better
07:18Alvarez
07:28Messi
07:28on the spin
07:30out to got to
07:32Gregorich
07:33suddenly they might have a man over here Austria
07:37good repeated here with good show fantastic ball for Gonzalez
07:42to seal it
07:43brilliant block from Danza
07:46freedom
07:49good in possession by Messi
07:57Messi's free king
08:00in from Sabitzer
08:02down to one the header
08:03oh
08:06I think they came with Fimmer in the end
08:10there was a glimmer of an off
08:12and now Messi
08:14Alvarez is bursting forward here if we can find him
08:18Julian Alvarez
08:20denied by Slager
08:23Messi
08:25still Messi
08:27they've got bodies in the way
08:28but they couldn't keep him out the second time
08:35the history
08:36the history makers at it again
08:42five goals in this tournament for Argentina
08:46and each and every one of them
08:49scored by the golden boy
08:52Lionel Messi
08:56and for the eighth time
08:58in World Cup history
09:00Argentina are going to begin
09:02with two wins out of two
09:06and you just cannot
09:09keep this man out of the headlines
09:15the match
09:17it's not time for another is it
09:19surely not
09:19here he goes
09:25and he was fouled
09:30a wave
09:32here he comes
09:35it wasn't the worst strike
09:39but getting back to back
09:40tactics would be greedy
09:42but just listen to the roar
09:46it's another messy headline show
09:50but this was a day of history
09:53this was
09:55when he turned up
09:58to score his 17th and then 18th World Cup goals
10:02to go too clear
10:03of Miroslav Klose
10:04and yet again
10:07send the holders
10:09to victory
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