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Lionel Messi scores fastest goal in his career

16 Jun 2023 11:02am
Argentina's Lionel Messi vies during a friendly football match against Australia at the Workers' Stadium in Beijing on June 15, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP)
Argentina's Lionel Messi vies during a friendly football match against Australia at the Workers' Stadium in Beijing on June 15, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP)

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Lionel Messi netted the fastest goal in his career just 79 seconds into a friendly match against Australia on Thursday.

Argentina won the exhibition match with the help of Messi and German Pezzella at Beijing Workers' Sports Complex.

In the 2-0 win, Messi fired a classy long-range goal on a penalty arc as Enzo Fernandez assisted him, according to Anadolu Agency.

Meanwhile, Messi is set to join Major League Soccer club Inter Miami when his contract at Paris Saint-Germain expires at the end of the month.

The 35-year-old captain guided Argentina to the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar.

Messi netted seven goals at Qatar 2022 to lead Argentina's World Cup success. - BERNAMA-ANADOLU AGENCY

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