The World champions have landed in Argentina!
A live video is on Youtube showing the arrival of the team back home to Argentina with thousands of fans waiting to greet them. You can view the live stream below:
Lionel Messi scores record 18 goals in 2022 with the Argentina national team
Lionel Messi scored a record 18 goals in 2022 with the Argentina national team.
Another day, another Lionel Messi record. Prior to 2022, the record for most goals in a calendar year for the Argentina national team was 12 goals. That record was held by both Lionel Messi and Gabriel Batistuta.
But in 2022, Messi shattered that record. The World champion scored 18, with seven of them coming at the World Cup. Here were his goals for the year:
Goal 1: Venezuela, World Cup qualifier
Goal 2: Estonia, friendly
Goal 3: Estonia, friendly
Goal 4: Estonia, friendly
Goal 5: Estonia, friendly
Goal 6: Estonia, friendly
Goal 7: Honduras, friendly
Goal 8: Honduras, friendly
Goal 9: Jamaica, friendly
Goal 10: Jamaica, friendly
Goal 11: United Arab Emirates, friendly
Goal 12: Saudi Arabia, World Cup
Goal 13: Mexico, World Cup
Goal 14: Australia, World Cup
Goal 15: Netherlands, World Cup
Goal 16: Croatia, World Cup
Goal 17: France, World Cup
Goal 18: France, World Cup
For the first time in his career, Messi scored five goals in one match with the Argentina national team. He also scored in every match of the knockout stages at the World Cup!
Video: Ángel Di María’s performance in the World Cup final
Ángel Di María’s performance for Argentina in the World Cup final has been compiled into a video.
Di María was one of Argentina’s best players in the World Cup final. Scoring, drawing a penalty and constantly dribbling around the French players, Di María got his redemption.
After having missed the 2014 World Cup final, the ultimate big game player once more showed why he is the player for the finals with his performance.
Ángel Di María in the World Cup final. Unplayable.pic.twitter.com/JnoicX0UKM
— Mundo Albiceleste ⭐🌟⭐🇦🇷 (@MundoAlbicelest) December 19, 2022
Fideoooo!pic.twitter.com/RCgGg7ett8
— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) December 19, 2022
Video: Third World Cup star being added to Argentina shirt
A video has emerged of the third World Cup star being added to the Argentina national team shirt.
Argentina will get their third star and the third one will be above the other two. The three stars will not be aligned one next to the other but instead the original two will remain with the third being added above them in the middle.
The third star! ⭐🌟⭐ Via @endemianado.pic.twitter.com/XfKX7o3ny3
— Mundo Albiceleste ⭐🌟⭐🇦🇷 (@MundoAlbicelest) December 19, 2022
Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni bursts into tears after World Cup win
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni bursted into tears as Gonzalo Montiel scored and Argentina won the World Cup.
Lionel Scaloni is the first Argentine coach since Carlos Bilardo to lift a World Cup. And his emotions at half time were a thing of beauty.
Scaloni would sit on the bench before standing back up and letting his emotions out as he was hugged by Leandro Paredes.
Gracias Scaloni! pic.twitter.com/5gLknAD8rx
— 𝐀𝐖 (@4ndyWS) December 18, 2022