The irrepressible Lionel Messi again brings the Socceroos' undone, scoring the fastest goal of his international career as Argentina claim a friendly victory in Beijing.
abc.net.au/news/messi-leads-argentine-to-victory-over-socceroos-in-china/102486642Lionel Messi secured another career first, scoring the fastest goal of his international career as Aregntina condemned the Socceroos to a 2-0 loss in Beijing.Graham Arnold said playing the world champions is a "good learning curve" for the SocceroosGraham Arnold's side had hoped to exact some revenge in Thursday night's friendly for their 2-1 round-of-16 loss at last year's World Cup.
Mitch Duke was denied by a brilliant Emiliano Martinez save in the 28th minute while left-back Jordan Bos, on his starting debut, and Riley McGree were excellent.German Pezzella headed home in the 68th minute to put the game beyond Australia's reach, but Arnold was proud of his charges' efforts, especially after only having 17 per cent of possession in the opening 10 minutes.
Argentina's Lionel Messi, left, battles for the ball against Australia's Dennis Genreau during their friendly soccer match at the Workers' Stadium in Beijing. The 35-year-old shimmied onto his left foot and curled a lovely strike past a diving Mat Ryan to score in a seventh consecutive international.
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