Op n Hnnh, 60th, and 76th minutes. This hat-trick made Messi the oldest player to achieve such a feat, according to FIFA records, at 38 years and 357 days old.
On the other hand, this hat-trick was very special for Messi because it coincided with his 200th appearance for Argentina and also exactly 20 years after his debut for the Tango Team at the World Cup on June 16, 2006.
Messi has scored 16 goals in five of the six tournaments he has played in since 2006. The only time he failed to score was in 2010 in South Africa when Argentina were beaten 4-0 by Germany in the quarter-finals, with Klose scoring twice.
