Messi became the top scorer in the history of the World Cups. He surpassed Klose.
The forward of the Argentina national team, Lionel Messi, has become the all-time leading scorer in World Cup history. He scored his 17th goal in the second round match of the World Cup against the Austria national team. The game is taking place at the AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas, USA). The reigning world champions are leading 1-0. Both teams are competing in Group J. Messi broke the record of German forward Miroslav Klose (16 goals). The top three in this statistic is rounded out by Portugal's forward Cristiano Ronaldo, who has 15 goals. Messi could have scored a double, but at the beginning of the half, he missed a penalty. Thus, he became the all-time record holder for the most missed penalties in World Cup history. In all six World Cups he has played, the forward has taken seven penalty shots, three of which he did not convert.
Let us remind you that the Argentina national team defeated the Algeria team in the first round (3-0). All three goals for the Argentines were scored by Messi. This is his 121st goal for the national team in all tournaments.
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