📈 Messi marks Argentina return with staggering performance in 6-0 win

Lionel Messi marked his return to Argentina with a staggering three goals and two assists in a dominant win over Bolivia.

How did he do it? Because he’s Lionel Messi.

On his home return after nearly a full year, the diminutive legendary forward slotted smartly past Guillermo Viscarra to put the holding World Cup champions in front in the first half.

That strike was also the 850th combined goal across club and international play during what has been a glistening career at the highest level.

Messi would later turn provider for both Lautaro Martínez and Julián Alvarez to triple Argentina’s lead just before the half-time interval, only to add his second and third goals of the night in the dying minutes of the second half.

On a night when Argentina jumped to a 3-point lead ahead of Colombia, it just had to be Messi to put his rubber stamp on the match.