Messi Shines in World Cup: Argentina's Victory Over Algeria
Lionel Messi shines in the 2026 World Cup, leading Argentina to a stunning 3-0 victory over Algeria. With a hat trick, he proves his unmatched talent.
Video Transcript
Ayer Messi, I gotta say, you, you know me, my friends, I have been very critical of Lionel Messi for a long time.
But yesterday there was no doubt that he's just a whole level above from everyone else.
Siendo un viejito, siendo un anc.
To see someone 38 years old to do that type of performance in a World Cup, it was just impressive.
I take my hat off to Messi and the Argentinian team because they had such a good game management.
It was impressive to see how they gave up the ball in the right moment of the game, and it was clear that they were managing the effort, managing all of the, you know, the, the passing of the ball, and it was great to see how they were managing to do that three-zero over Algeria.
Now let's not get crazy, let's not get ahead of it.
Algeria is a modest team, although they were able to put Argentina in trouble more than once during the game.
And also they were controlling the ball.
Actually, they had more possession than, tha- than the Argentinian team.
It was very impor- very, very incredible.
But now Messi is sitting nicely at the top of the charts of the top scorers of the World Cup, tied with Miroslav Klose and with a lot more games ahead of him.
So most likely Lionel Messi will be the lone leader of the World Cup scorers.
So it was very impressive to see the hat trick that he put together.
Let's see what the FIFA official site said, "Lionel Messi has crossed one of the few remaining frontiers, turning fiction into reality into the process."
This was a movie.
Argentina began the defense of their crown with the authority of reigning champions.
La Albiceleste was a party yesterday and all around the country from Kansas City all the way to LA, all the way to New York, Argentinians were celebrating and they were very, very happy.
We send a congratulations to all of them and there's so much more for them ahead.
I think they're gonna have a great tournament, but it's gonna be tough.
It's gonna be hard to repeat the championship.
There's so many good teams, and today one of those teams, Portugal, que me puse la de Portugal y me fallaron.
They did not win.
K- you know, it was clear that Congo wanted to win this game.
They played so hard, but that header allowed them to get at least one point.
And Portugal now not the start that they were hoping.
And El Ch- you know, now we have Cristiano Ronaldo way behind in the debate of who of the two veterans are gonna have the best World Cup.
Now Messi's three goals ahead, and most likely he will be the best player of the two in this World Cup
