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High five for Messi as Argentina thump Estonia

Messi, 34, joins a select club, comprising only Juan Andres Marvezy and Manuel Moreno to score five in a game for Argentina

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Argentina’s Lionel Messi (centre) scores against Estonia in Spain on Sunday. Pics/Getty Images

Argentina’s Lionel Messi (centre) scores against Estonia in Spain on Sunday. Pics/Getty Images

Lionel Messi scored all the goals in Argentina’s 5-0 friendly win over Estonia in Pamplona, Spain on Sunday night. Messi, 34, joins a select club, comprising only Juan Andres Marvezy and Manuel Moreno to score five in a game for Argentina. Messi also became the first player in 81 years to score five goals in a match for Argentina.

The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner scored from the spot in the eighth minute, added  second at the stroke of half-time. The mercurial striker the completed an impressive hat-trick within two minutes of the  resumption of play. He then added two more goals in the last 20 minutes as Estonia seemed clueless in their attempt to halt his march.

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