The brutal records that Messi left after the victory over Croatia in the Qatar 2022 World Cup
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Messi has made the impossible possible and has managed to break different records in the hands of great legends of world football
This World Cup is being Lionel Messi's World Cup and the man from Rosario is demonstrating it game after game, leaving behind numbers that seemed very far from surpassing and which were in the power of legendary figures of world football.
Names like Gabriel Batistuta, Lothar Matthaus and Diego Armando Maradona, are some of those that the PSG star has been able to leave behind in various lines.
Lionel Messi's numbers
With 25 appearances in World Cups, Lionel Andres Messi equaled the record for the most participations and on Sunday in the Grand Final with 26, he will surpass Lothar Herbert Matthaus, captain of the German National Team that won the World Cup in Italy 90.
But it was not all for Lionel Messi, since with nine assists he surpassed Diego Armando Maradona in that line and also with 11 goals he surpassed Batistuta as the all-time top scorer in the World Cup with the Argentina National Team.
As if that were not enough, Lionel Messi with his pass and goal today could become the player who has participated in most goal plays in history, surpassing Miroslav Klose, Ronaldo Nazario, Gerd Müller and Pelé. The PSG footballer has participated in 20 goals in his history of World Cups played.
Records and what comes to Messi and Argentina in the final
Messi's records do not seem to end and the Argentine will play another World Cup final where he hopes to obtain better results to retire as world champion.
After beating Croatia 3-0, Argentina now awaits a rival between Morocco and France to play the Grand Final of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.