To get ready for the World Cup, Argentina beat Peru 2-0 on Tuesday night, and Lionel Messi was at his best. The star player for Inter Miami has been out recently with a muscle injury. He had only played as a substitute in Argentina’s 1-0 win over Paraguay a few days before. But Messi played the whole 90 minutes in the win over Peru and was amazing the whole time.

Messi scored two great goals with his left foot in the first half, and the World Cup winners made it four wins in a row to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. In the 32nd minute, he scored a crazy goal from Nicolas Gonzalez’s pass, giving his team the lead. After ten minutes, he doubled Argentina’s lead with a great finish after Endo Fernandez set him up. Very good.

I wrote on Instagram after the game, “Another important win in Lima to keep moving together.” “Let’s go!”

Lionel Scaloni, Messi’s boss, was shocked by how well the player had played after recently having some injury problems. “I saw Messi as if he had not been injured or stopped,” he stated.

Of course, Messi scored more than two goals against Peru. He was amazing the whole time, and there was a moment in the first half that set social media on fire. Messi looked like he was circled by two Peruvians when he had his back to the goal. He then turned and threw one of them to the ground while skipping past the other. As Messi did his amazing trick, Scaloni, who was standing just inches away on the sidelines, seemed to celebrate by putting his hands up. After beating Uruguay, Brazil, and Venezuela, Argentina now has five more points than any other team in the South American qualifying rounds.

In November, they played two very important games against Uruguay and Brazil. But Messi’s season in the United States is coming to an end. His team, Inter Miami, only has two games left, both against Charlotte, as they failed to make the playoffs in Major League Soccer. The season will start up again in March, and Scaloni is just glad that he will be able to rest. “The most important thing is that he is healthy,” he said. “The minutes are going to be managed by him alone.”