The inevitable Messi, pushing 40 at the World Cup, still stands alone on the biggest stage
Jerry Jones only wishes the Cowboys could captivate Dallas Stadium like The Messi Show has in two matches.
Argentina forward Lionel Messi (10) waves to the crowd after winning a FIFA World Cup Group J soccer match against Jordan at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, TX, Saturday, June 27, 2026. (Juan Figueroa/The Dallas Morning News) ARLINGTON — If this wasn’t already Lionel Messi’s world, it certainly is Lionel Messi’s World Cup, and he has made the most of his two games played at what we shall briefly call Dallas Stadium.After opening the World Cup with a hat trick in a 3-0 victory over Algeria in Kansas City, Messi became the all-time leading goal scorer in World Cup play here Monday against Austria with his 17th (and later his 18th) goals in a 2-0 win.
Technically, Saturday’s late game against Jordan meant nothing in terms of when and where Argentina will play its first game in the knockout stage. Same for Jordan flying home this weekend after its initial World Cup experience. But try telling 70,000 soccer fans that an Argentina game means nothing or that, even with the announcement that Messi would not start, it was a night of soccer insignificance here Saturday.
There was also the fair question to ask of who or whom might score goals for the defending World Cup champs since Messi had all five in the first two games.As it turned out, Argentina does have other capable scorers with Giovani Lo Celso scoring on a free kick, a wicked hook that froze the Jordanian goalkeeper and maybe served as a bit of foreshadowing for later. Lautaro Martinez scored on a penalty kick for a 2-0 halftime lead.
Argentina players celebrate around midfielder Giovani Lo Celso after he scored on a free-kick from the top of the box during the first half of a World Cup Group J soccer match against Jordan on Saturday, June 27, 2026, in Arlington.during the first half of a World Cup Group J soccer match on Saturday, June 27, 2026, in Arlington. (Smiley N.
Pool/The Dallas Morning News) By the time Messi entered the game at the 60-minute mark, it was a 2-1 game as Jordan had prevented Argentina from leaving
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