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Kansas City, United States — Lionel Messi savoured a “beautiful moment” after becoming the World Cup’s joint all-time leading goalscorer on Tuesday, but said, “Ultimately, it is just a statistic, nothing more.”
The 38-year-old Argentina captain etched another memorable chapter in his glittering career with a brilliant hat-trick in the South Americans’ 3-0 win over Algeria in Kansas City.
Messi’s hat-trick — his first ever at a World Cup — vaulted him alongside Germany’s Miroslav Klose as the top scorer in the tournament’s history with 16 goals.
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