61′ Argentina 2-0 Algeria
Messi was really feeling it in the build-up to that goal, as evidenced by that trivela pass a few minutes ago, and then brings the ball down with velvet control from Emi Martinez’s pump forward before releasing a team-mate cleverly.
The ball is circulated to Alexis Mac Allister on the edge of the box, the Liverpool midfielder unleashes a powerful, swerving shot on goal.
Goalkeeper Luca Zidane gets behind it but doesn’t cover himself in glory, spilling it into danger. And who was there in the six-yard box, swifter of thought than anyone else on the pitch?
Of course, Lionel Messi.
He gets to the ball first and simply passes it with his weaker right foot into the net as Zidane dives the other way.
Messi makes it look so, so simple.
