Two footballing greats, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo shone brightly as they led their respective national teams to victory on Sunday. Argentina continued their great form by beating Estonia in a friendly in Pamplona with Lionel Messi scoring all five goals. He started with a penalty and his fourth goal put him ahead of Hungary’s Ferenc Puskas, who scored 84 goals. Currently, Messi is the fourth-best scorer in international men’s football, behind only Malaysian Mokhtar Dahari (89), Iranian Ali Daei (109), and Cristiano Ronaldo. from Portugal (117). His third goal was a superb finish, deflecting a cross from Nahuel Molina from 12 yards out on the right. While the rest of the team waited for a free kick that never came.
Messi picked up a loose ball, climbed into the penalty area, produced a dummy that dropped the Estonian goalkeeper-defender, and sent the ball into an empty net. With 14 minutes to go, he capped off an impressive performance by being the first to react to a loose ball and scoring a low shot from close to the penalty spot. , two goals by Cristiano Ronaldo.
William Carvalho scored the first goal of the game after Gregor Kobel deflected a Ronaldo free-kick. Jota then played a part in the third when his attempt was stopped, with Ronaldo reacting quicker. After Kobel ran away and failed to clear a through ball, Joao Cancelo struck from 20 yards to seal the attack.