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Twitter Celebrates as Lionel Messi Breaks Brazil Legend Pele's South American Goal Scoring Record

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Football superstar Lionel Messi added another feather to his cap as the Argentina skipper overtook Brazilian legend Pele to become the leading international... 10.09.2021, Sputnik International

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Lionel Messi supporters went wild celebrating after the six-time Ballon d'Or winner scored a sensational hat-trick to lead Argentina to a dominant 3-0 victory over Bolivia in their World Cup qualifying clash on Thursday night.Although some of his admirers chose to mock Pele for criticising Messi earlier despite his immense success, both at club and international level, others called the Argentine playmaker's display as "footballing art".However, others described Messi as the greatest of all time (GOAT), and a sizeable number applauded his elegant play, saying his handling of the ball is like "a cinematic film".Messi's stunning show against Bolivia also saw him surpass his good friend and current Brazilian striker Neymar to emerge as the top South American goalscorer in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers.With his hat-trick against Bolivia, Messi's goal tally in qualifying games now stands at 26. He has scored eight goals in 11 matches against Bolivia.Although Messi is now at the top of the men's goal-scoring leader board in South America, he still trails Brazilian female icons Marta and Cristiane, who scored 109 and 96 goals respectively in international football.The 34-year-old former Barcelona talisman is his country's most prolific goalscorer with 79 goals in 149 appearances. In July, he led Argentina to the Copa America title, which was their first international trophy triumph in 28 years.

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Twitter Celebrates as Lionel Messi Breaks Brazil Legend Pele's South American Goal Scoring Record

06:59 GMT 10.09.2021 (Updated: 11:43 GMT 10.12.2022)

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Football superstar Lionel Messi added another feather to his cap as the Argentina skipper overtook Brazilian legend Pele to become the leading international men's goalscorer in South America on Thursday. He now has 79 goals to his name, two more than the three-time World Cup winner Pele, who ended his national career with 77 goals.

Although some of his admirers chose to mock Pele for criticising Messi earlier despite his immense success, both at club and international level, others called the Argentine playmaker's display as "footballing art".

However, others described Messi as the greatest of all time (GOAT), and a sizeable number applauded his elegant play, saying his handling of the ball is like "a cinematic film".

🇦🇷 Hat-trick hero Lionel Messi (79 goals) celebrates the goal that saw him pass Pele (77) for most goals by a South American player in men's international football 👏@Argentina | #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/Y41GU62mGh
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) September 10, 2021

Messi has officially surpassed Pele as the all time South American top scorer 🔝🐐 pic.twitter.com/NfCd4gfFDw
— Everything Messi™ (@EverythingLM10_) September 10, 2021

🇦🇷 A record-breaking hat-trick from Lionel Messi earns Argentina a 3-0 home win over Bolivia 🇧🇴#Messi #Argentina pic.twitter.com/s80GdXJdj2
— #Messi (@alimo_philip) September 10, 2021

Pele now looking for all the goals he scored in Brazil Beach ball training#Messi pic.twitter.com/YQqUJBdgby
— Paris Messi (@LeoIsParis) September 10, 2021

Pele disrespected Messi so much when he was younger. He was almost never impressed even when Messi won successive balon dors. Clearly bitter!

That's what makes this record so damn sweet for me. Now, he's gonna be seeing Messi's name where his name used to be in the record books pic.twitter.com/UuOH4sqHDO
— Lionel, Not Messy 🇦🇷 (@SneakyMessi) September 10, 2021

Pele watching Messi break his record with his right foot pic.twitter.com/e1nrFfVLfc
— Nathan (@PuigEra) September 10, 2021

The Arabic commentator said: “The journey of Leo Messi with Argentina is like a cinematic film: begins with hope, culminates in sorrow, but turns in victory”

This is it…#Messi pic.twitter.com/wDGKZwoqpa
— arbaz qaiser (@QaiserArbaz) September 10, 2021

#Messi scores a masterpiece,AGAIN,that should be hung in The Louvre as pure footballing art.The Mona Lisa`s smile would grow😊#ARGENTINAVSBOLIVIA
— Ray Hudson (@RayHudson) September 10, 2021

Feel sad for this guy Messi broke Pelé’s record for most goals for one club with a header and now Pelé’s record for most goals for a South American nation with his right foot. Always proves his haters wrong🥱 pic.twitter.com/IfxkD7nDNt
— Joe🌪 (@blaugrananws) September 10, 2021

I don’t think people realise how mad it is that Messi broke Pele’s record for the most South American goals scored, whilst also having the most assists in international history and playing as a playmaker.

Doing all so in a significantly weaker side too. pic.twitter.com/oalxD64dXg
— Z 🔋 (@BarcaMVP) September 10, 2021

Respects To Pele, Ronaldo, Maradona, Ronaldinho & Lukaku bt this is Messi in just 2021 at 34! & that's real footbal
He's not just dribbling. This little man right here is doing everything which brings out the entertainment in football!
He's simply the GOATpic.twitter.com/R7gmj5CW3u
— Kinaata Associate 🔴💙 (@KingNIMWELL) September 9, 2021

Messi's stunning show against Bolivia also saw him surpass his good friend and current Brazilian striker Neymar to emerge as the top South American goalscorer in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

With his hat-trick against Bolivia, Messi's goal tally in qualifying games now stands at 26. He has scored eight goals in 11 matches against Bolivia.

Although Messi is now at the top of the men's goal-scoring leader board in South America, he still trails Brazilian female icons Marta and Cristiane, who scored 109 and 96 goals respectively in international football.

The 34-year-old former Barcelona talisman is his country's most prolific goalscorer with 79 goals in 149 appearances. In July, he led Argentina to the Copa America title, which was their first international trophy triumph in 28 years.