India, Sept. 5 -- Lionel Messi scored a brilliant brace against Venezuela on Friday, which could be potentially his last match with Argentina at home. 38-year-old Messi showed no signs of slowing down in Argentina's FIFA World Cup qualifier and chipped it over Venezuela's goalkeeper to open the scoring in the first half, giving his team a big advantage.

It was an emotional game for Messi, and the fans turned up in big numbers to give a fitting tribute to arguably the greatest player of all time. Messi was also moved to tears during the warm-up with the reception he got from the fans. However, when he entered the ground, it was just usual business for him, and he worked his magic once again to net a brace to help Argentina register a comp...