Argentina defeated Algeria in the first match of the World Cup. The main hero of the team was Lionel Messi. In the first half, he opened the scoring, and after the break he scored twice more. This allowed the forward with 16 goals to overtake Miroslav Klose in the list of top scorers in the history of the tournament. He also, at the age of 38 years and 359 days, turned out to be the oldest scorer of a hat-trick at the World Cup. In turn, Norway left no chance for Iraq thanks to Erling Haaland's double in the first half of the meeting, and Austria got the better of Jordan. Read more