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In the football world, there has been a continuous rivalry between Argentina's Lionel Messi and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo for the last two decades. Both have been breaking each other's records in international and professional football. By scoring a hat-trick of goals, Messi has once again equaled Ronaldo's record.
Argentina defeated Bolivia 6–0 in a FIFA World Cup qualifying match. 37-year-old Messi scored goals in the 19th, 84th and 86th minutes. Messi assisted his teammates on two of Argentina's other three goals.
In international football, after Ronaldo and Messi, Sweden's Sevan Riddell is third with nine hat-tricks, Iran's Ali Daei is fourth with eight hat-tricks and Brazil's legendary footballer Pele is fifth with seven hat-tricks. Messi has now scored 846 goals in his career. Argentina top the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers table with 22 points from 10 matches. Colombia has 19 points, Uruguay 16 and Brazil 16 points.