Having scored his 50th
international goal against
Bolivia, the Barcelona star
is now keen to refocus his
energy with the Catalan
club Lionel Messi expressed his
delight at scoring a landmark
50th goal for Argentina but was
keen to stress the team
contribution in Tuesday's 2-0
World Cup qualifying win against Bolivia. Gabriel Mercado scored the
opener to make it two goals in
as many games having netted
in the victory over Chile and
captain Messi made sure of the
points with a 30th-minute penalty. Messi is now just six goals
behind his country's record
goalscorer Gabriel Batistuta,
but the Barcelona superstar
says the important thing is that
Argentina secured a win that leaves them third in the
CONMEBOL section, two
points adrift of Uruguay and
Ecuador after six matches. "This [campaign] is very long
and what's important is that we
won and remain on course,"
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