Missouri, June 17 -- Some legends age like fine-wine and Argentine superstar Lionel Messi showed that he is stil the Greatest of All time as he lead defending champions Argentina to a 3-0 rout of Algeria with a super display of touch football. Messi kicked off his FIFA World Cup 2026 campaign off in a brilliant fashion for the La Albiceleste as he put on a masterclass display for the world to sit back and admire.

Lionel Messi's first World Cup hat-trick makes him the joint top scorer in men's World Cup history with 16 goals, level with Germany's Miroslav Klose. The hat-trick comes a week before his 39th birthday making him the oldest player to ever score a hat-trick at a World Cup.

Notably, Messi scored the hat-trick exactly 20 years si...