Messi goal helps keep Argentina World Cup hopes alive

Lionel Messi helped keep Argentina's Reality Cup bid bursting at the seams with the principal objective in a 2-0 triumph over Mexico on Saturday.

Rout to untouchables Saudi Arabia in their initial Gathering C match in Qatar had left Argentina on the edge, realizing another misfortune would mean certain doom for their competition possibilities.

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In any case, the Albiceleste just edged a disconnected and bad-tempered undertaking against their kindred Latin Americans at the Lusail arena in Doha.

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Furthermore, who else yet the irregular Messi ought to be the legend, discharging home a low shot from 20 yards on 64 minutes, before Enzo Fernandez added a thunderclap second objective for Argentina a short ways from time.

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"The main game expense us," said Messi. "We realize that we needed to win today, that a different universe Cup was beginning for ourselves and we knew how to make it happen.

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"It was an intense game to get ourselves for on the grounds that Mexico play well.

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"The played the main half with force yet the final part we loose and became ourselves once more."

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Messi's objective implied he tied the late Diego Maradona on eight objectives and 21 appearances at the World Cup for Argentina.

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