Messi missed a penalty in the ninth minute before opening the scoring in the 38th minute at a sold out crowd of 70,649 at the Dallas Cowboys home stadium. He added his 18th goal in stoppage time, extending a run of scoring in six consecutive World Cup matches. Argentina has its first two Group J games and advanced to the knockout round after Messi also scored all three goals in a 3-0 win over Algeria in Kansas City.
Beyond anything I'm so happy for the win. It was huge, tough and difficult.
Later Monday, Kylian Mbappe matched Klose's mark of 16 with two goals in France's 3-0 win over Iraq.
