BEIJING, China – Star player Lionel Messi scored the fastest goal of his career 79 seconds into the match as world champions Argentina beat Australia 2-0 in a friendly in Beijing on Thursday.
Messi, who joins Inter Miami and MLS after two seasons at Paris SG, opened the scoring with a stunning shot from the left at the entrance to the area.
According to Opta, the world’s leading football statistics agency, this is the fastest goal scored by Messi at club and national level. It was his 104th cap in 176 games with Argentina.
The Albiceleste, playing their first away game since the world title in Qatar, then cruised through the first period unmoved.
German Bessella, a half-time substitute for Nicolas Otamendi, doubled the lead with a header from Rodrigo de Paul’s cross (68th).
Although 35-year-old Messi failed to complete his double, his lob went just wide of the Australian goal after Angel Di Maria’s (38th) service as the seven-time Ballon d’Or Stadium won over a crowd of Beijing workers, mostly clothed. . Argentina Jerseys.
On Monday, Argentina face Indonesia in another friendly in Jakarta.
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