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Algeria vs Argentina

FIFA • Group J • Jun 17 2026

Arrowhead Stadium

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Algeria

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ARG

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Lionel Messi. The greatest of all time. This is no longer a debate. His first ever World Cup hat trick. Oldest player with a World Cup hat trick. Tied Miroslav Klose for the most World Cup goals ever. His first World Cup goal was 20 years ago today. He's now 38 years old and still doing this. Pele is a great. Maradona is a great. Cristiano Ronaldo is a great. Lionel Messi is the greatest.

that one dude seemed pretty good

THE MESSI MASTERCLASS. Skilled. Instinctive. Clinical. Messi doesn’t overpower his opponents, he UNRAVELS them. The way a magician does to reality. 🐐🪄

New York, NY

First career World Cup hatty at 39 years young and the best in the world is the best for all the world to see. The two man race is on for the most goals ever scored in the World Cup. Killian? GOAT'd? Nay, Leo. Messi'd.

New York City, US

Still at the highest level. Messi now tied with Klose at 16 World Cup goals. Still the rest of the World Cup to break it. Still the rest of the World Cup for Mbappe to catch up.

World on a String

What a Messi game for Algeria. Messi is the goat of football and nothing you can say will change my mind. Argentina looks great as ever. we are going with a shorter rating because I'm lazy. my picks look good I'm tied for second it should be first but I may have accidentally picked iraq so I'm tied for like third or second. thx RateGame for looking into it if it was a bug or something.

@nathankingcole

Shit means a lot man. He’s just the goat. I’ll never love an athlete the same way. He’s still got it at 39 years of age. This team could legit go back to back. Lautaro, my man, let Julian take the reins, idk why you stink up the joint when it’s the WC, but you just do

Messi is literally the entire team. Oh my god.

@calwatchinsports

MESSI IS THE UNDISPUTED BEST OF ALL TIME!!! I am 21 and it’s just incredible to think he’s been a key player at this level of soccer for my entire life. I’m just blown away he showed us everything tonight the long shots the dribbling the iq. Another true Messi classic tonight. I was a little disappointed in Algeria tonight however, they didn’t have the ball much and when they did they asked few questions of Argentina. Argentina are suddenly the favorite to win this World Cup probably

World on a String

It’s a 9.1 purely because that is one of the most historical single performances you will ever see or remember. I wanted to give it a 10

And to keep up with this trend of the 2026 WC being absolutely unpredictable, one game after I make the call that Haaland with a Norway run could break Just Fontaine’s World Cup goal record with 2 today, Messi comes through with a hatty on a team that most people believe could make a deep run. Outside of an offside goal from Algeria that was taken off the board Argentina dominated the game and I feel like the story of the tournament for Argentina at this point is not only can they make a run at the World Cup, but can Messi break Fontaines record and cement himself as the goat with that record and back to back World Cup wins when he turns 39 in 8 days. God it’s so nice to be here to witness this

I have said this many times. MESSI AINT WASHED!

@nationalryanleague

He’s still got it! This is the greatest player to ever play the sport ever, I don’t know who’s going to take his spot, but it’s going to have to be someone who can never be beat, I don’t think he’s going to go back to back, but I think he’s going to make this much more enjoyable than the next one will ever be without him!

@FlameRaptorRaven

Argentina had control of this game most of the way despite Algeria’s valiant resistance. However, there will be 1 man on everyone’s lips after this game. At the risk of sounding too complimentary, I have watched Messi for so long and he keeps finding new ways to surprise me. At the age of 38, turning 39 next Wednesday (June 24th), Messi scored a hat trick in a vintage performance. The first one was a powerful shot the keeper couldn’t stop, the next was him being in the right spot at the right time to pounce on a mistake and the third one was a perfectly placed shot. He is just phenomenal. It wasn’t just the goals. He was the engine for Argentina and galvanized the team to victory just as much with his passing as he did his goalscoring. Aside from him, the entire Argentinian team was so composed. Never panicking and always ready. They clearly learned from their mistakes back in 2022. With all that being said, this was still a blowout. Doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate the greatness.

@zlatansleftnut

domination by Messi