World Cup 2026 .. Argentina national team settles for a clean three-goal win against Algeria.

The artistic power of the Argentine national team prevailed, as expected, in their match against Algeria in the "2026 World Cup" competition, this Wednesday morning in Coordinated Universal Time, as Lionel Messi scored a historic clean hat-trick in this match, gifting his national team an easy victory over the Algerian football team.

Argentine star Lionel Messi equaled the record for the most goals scored by a player in the history of the FIFA World Cup, raising his tally to 16 goals in the global event, this Wednesday morning in Kansas, as part of the 2026 World Cup in North America.

Messi, who is 38 years old and has won the Best Player in the World award eight times, scored three goals against Algeria in his first match of the current finals, equaling the record held by German Miroslav Klose, which stands at 16 goals, before being substituted by coach Lionel Scaloni.

Messi's hat-trick against the Algerian team, his first in the current World Cup, came during the 17th, 60th, and 76th minutes of the "Albiceleste's" first match in this global football celebration.

Messi scored his first World Cup goal against Serbia and Montenegro in 2006, then netted against Bosnia, Iran, and Nigeria (two goals) during the 2014 edition. In the 2018 edition, he scored a goal against Nigeria.

In his favorite edition, the 2022 Qatar World Cup, he scored against Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Australia, the Netherlands, and Croatia, then netted two goals against France in the final match, which Argentina won on penalties.

With his 200th international match, Messi became the first player in history to participate in matches across six different editions of the World Cup finals.