Messi has scored three times at the tournament in Qatar, with his latest strike coming in Argentina’s 2-1 win over Australia in the last-16.
That means he is now one goal off becoming Argentina’s joint top-scorer at the competition.
After seeing off Australia, Argentina will face the Netherlands in the quarter-finals on Friday, December 9.
Netherlands beat USA 3-1 in their last-16 tie and are expected to prove a stern test for the South American outfit.
Ahead of the game, Messi has revealed that his kids inspire him to win the World Cup:
“From the very beginning, from the first to the final whistle, I’m thinking about them – my children especially as they are growing older,” said Messi.
On the win over Australia, he added: “I am very happy to be taking another step forward, achieving another objective,” said Messi.
“It was a very strong and difficult match – we knew it was going to be this way. We didn’t have much time to rest up and we were concerned as we knew it was going to be a physical match and they were very strong.
“Luckily we found the goal and we were one goal ahead, and then two goals ahead. And then we had a setback with the goal – but that’s the World Cup for you, the matches are difficult. But we got the win.”
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