Dallas, June 23 -- Lionel Messi bowed his head and covered his face with his right hand.
For a fleeting moment, the weight of the occasion seemed to show. The Argentina captain had just pushed a ninth-minute penalty wide of the right post, passing up an opportunity to make history and put his side ahead against Austria.
The miss soon faded into irrelevance. When Facundo Medina's low cross arrived in the 38th minute, Messi reacted before anyone else. A clever dummy from Thiago Almada allowed the ball to run through, and the 38-year-old swept a left-footed finish beyond Alexander Schlager.
The goal was Messi's 17th at the World Cup, moving him clear of Germany's Miroslav Klose and making him the tournament's outright leading scorer.
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