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After winning the World Cup in Qatar, Argentina played two friendly matches at home. There the Albelistas played relatively easy opponents Panama and Curacao. Both were wins. This time the world champions faced Australia away from home.

Despite the possibility of fighting against Australia on Chinese soil, the world champions did not let the Socceroos stand. Argentina left the field with a 2-0 win in Beijing thanks to the magic of Messi.

Argentina scored in the second minute of the match at the Workus Stadium in Beijing on Thursday. The world-winning Argentina captain scored the goal with a great shot from Enzo Fernandez’s pass. Lionel Messi made a new record by scoring this goal against Australia. This is Messi’s fastest goal in professional football career at the age of 35, 1 minute 19 seconds. With this, Leo found the net in seven consecutive matches for the national team. In all, his goals in international football are 103.

The Latin American country got more opportunities in the first half. However, due to the lack of finishing, Messi could not score any more goals in the soccer team’s net. Argentina had 61 percent of the ball in the first half. Di Maria took 5 shots on target. Which leads to a goal.

The world champions started to play more aggressively in the second half. In the 64th minute, Messi was fouled by Australia’s Denis Janeru. He took a shot from outside the box after receiving a free kick. But it turns into corner. De Paul and Messi pass between themselves from the corner. At one point, D balled a high cross towards the Dbox. Substitute German Pezzella scored a superb header from that cross. His goal gave the world champions a 2-0 lead.

After several more attacks Argentina. In the end there were no more goals and the world champions left the field with a 2-0 victory. Earlier, Argentina beat Australia 2-1 in the round of 16 match of the World Cup in Qatar. Socceroos had a chance to avenge that loss. However, the dream of Australia remained elusive due to the skill of Messi-Pazelad.