Messi, Messi, Messi – goal record at the start of the World Cup
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Lionel Messi scores three times in his first game at this World Cup, equaling Miroslav Klose's World Cup goal record.
Lionel Messi scores three times in his first game at this World Cup, equaling Miroslav Klose's World Cup goal record. 20 years after his World Cup debut at the 2006 Summer Fairytale, Messi scores World Cup goal number 16. The third goal of the evening in the video.
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