{"id":466166,"date":"2023-10-18T05:01:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T09:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=466166"},"modified":"2023-10-18T05:01:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T09:01:13","slug":"messi-scores-twice-in-argentinas-2-0-victory-vs-peru","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/messi-scores-twice-in-argentinas-2-0-victory-vs-peru\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi scores twice in Argentina\u2018s 2-0 victory vs. Peru"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leo Messi showed that he is back in form after netting both goals for his nation\u2019s 2-0 triumph against Peru in their 2026 World Cup qualifier.<\/p>\n<p>The Argentinian superstar returned to the starting 11 after being sidelined or playing from the bench in the past month due to a muscle injury. Messi\u2019s last start before the clash today was with Inter Miami vs. Toronto FC on September 20<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Another Messi brace, another win for Argentina \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5cyIomiWui\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/5cyIomiWui<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 433 (@433) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/433\/status\/1714520430780825920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Messi scored the 1<sup>st<\/sup> goal in the 32<sup>nd<\/sup> minute with a phenomenal shot after an assist from Nicolas Gonzalez and doubled Argentina\u2019s lead with his 2<sup>nd<\/sup> goal 10 minutes later after Enzo Fernandez&#8217;s assist.<\/p>\n<p>Leo could have scored a hattrick, but his 3<sup>rd<\/sup> goal was disallowed for offside. But even without a 3<sup>rd<\/sup> goal, Messi became CONMEBOL&#8217;s leading scorer in World Cup qualifiers with his 31 goals, as he shared that record in the past with his ex-teammate Luis Suarez.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our squad is incredible; every time they compete, they are very close to being the best in history,&#8221; Leo claimed after the win.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">RECORD \u2705\ud83d\udc10<\/p>\n<p>Leo Messi is now the all-time top scorer in CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying<\/p>\n<p>G.O.A.T \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ySWK6wpRwM\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/ySWK6wpRwM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PSG Chief (@psg_chief) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/psg_chief\/status\/1714490926461038953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leo Messi showed that he is back in form after netting both goals for his nation\u2019s 2-0 triumph against Peru in their 2026 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4225,"featured_media":466167,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17143,16724],"news_category":[14236,14235,16715],"gn_keywords":[17906,21743,7261],"acf":{"announce":"Leo broke the WCQ scoring mark record.","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/466166"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466166"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/466166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":466170,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/466166\/revisions\/466170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466166"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=466166"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=466166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}