Lionel Messi Gets 10/10 | Argentina Players Rated In Incredible 3-0 Win Against Algeria
Talk about marking a milestone in style. On the night of the FIFA World Cup 2026 at KANSAS CITY, Lionel Messi picked up his 200th international cap. The little magician decided to treat the rain-soake...
Lionel Messi Gets 10/10 | Argentina Players Rated In Incredible 3-0 Win Against AlgeriaTalk about marking a milestone in style. On the night of the FIFA World Cup 2026 at KANSAS CITY, Lionel Messi picked up his 200th international cap. The little magician decided to treat the rain-soaked crowd in Missouri to a bit of footballing history.
Argentina kick-started their World Cup defence with a routine 3-0 dispatching of Algeria. It was comfortable. It was clinical.
But above all, it belonged to one man. By bagging his first-ever World Cup hat-trick, Messi didn’t just secure the match ball; he drew level with Miroslav Klose on 16 tournament goals. Not a bad evening’s work.
Lionel Scaloni’s men coped with a slippery pitch, dominated the tempo, and laid down a massive marker for the rest of Group J. Here is how the world champions rated on a historic night in Kansas City.Emiliano Martínez: 6/10A clean sheet, but barely dirtied his gloves.
Algeria offered next to nothing in the final third, leaving the Aston Villa stopper to cut a lonely figure in the rain. He stayed awake, caught a few standard crosses, and distributed the ball well enough. Quiet night.
Gonzalo Montiel: 6/10Held his position well out wide during the first half. His overlapping runs gave the Algerian left-back something to think about, stretching the play early on. Shifted at the break as Scaloni tinkered with his system.
Cristian Romero: 7/10Fierce as ever. The Tottenham man brought his usual brand of aggressive, front-foot defending to the table, completely shackling Amine Gouiri. Subbed off late in the day just to keep him fresh for the bigger tests ahead.
Lisandro Martínez: 7/10Rock solid. His ability to hit crisp, ground-breaking passes from deep areas set off several counter-attacks. Read the flight of the ball brilliantly, completely snuffing out any aerial threat the Fennec Foxes tried to pose.
Facundo Medina: 6.5/10Incredibly disciplined performance at left-back. He clearly had instructions to mind the
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