Lionel Messi Masterclass Vs Bolivia (Home) World Cup 2026 Qualifiers - English Commentary HD 1080i

The coin toss, Messi with Luis Hakim, the captain of Bolivia. Good picture, selected. Molina for Cristian Romero. Rodrigo de Paul, kissing it over to Messi. His first touch gets the return pass from McAllister. Romero finds Messi. Going against Julian McAllister and then Enzo. Here is Liel. Putting the ball between the legs and getting fouled. Just a spring. This is game number 180. For Messi. With Argentina. Romero. Here is Messi once again. Putting it to Julian, a bit too wide I thought. And Kuti Romero, center back of Tottenham. De Paul. Errand pass from Messi. So Bolivia defending with all 11 players. See if Argentina can step on the gas pedal. And this final meters. Messi. Brilliant ball through for Tagliafico. And the eyesight, the court vision by Messi is of course still intact at 37. He is the one that breaks through this Bolivian defense with an out. Looking to send this corner kick in. 15 minutes on the dot. Messi with the cross, the header inside. One more time. Control from Messi. Cuts inside. Passes it quickly now on the attack. Messi. Back to Julian. Here is Alvarez. Response from Guillermo Vizcarra. The 31-year-old goalkeeper of the strongest who did not... Looks like it's going to be Messi. Do they have something prepared? It was just a cross to the near post. A strong header but... Defeating Chile 4-0 in the first game. The lost ball. Here is Messi going one-on-one for the first. Messi. Goal. For Argentina. And Messi taking advantage of the gift by the Bolivian defense. We said that he had been sprinkling a little bit of magic in these first 20 minutes. And when given the opportunity one-on-one, he was never going to miss. 37 years old. The greatest of all time. The GOAT does it again. Great pressure by Lautaro Martinez on Marcelo Suarez. And Messi finishing to the near post inside with the left foot. Argentina 1, Bolivia 0. Another gem by Messi. As to the possibilities of Messi playing in the World Cup 2026, I think there are none. I think it's a done deal. Of course, he's not going to say it before we get to that end. He says he was shocked. Oh. With the studs. With the front of the studs. Magnifico Enzo. Messi. An out-of-pass. To avoid the Bolivian defense. Depol. Messi. From behind. Fouled. Another Messi night. In Buenos Aires. 25 minutes. Messi or Depol. Messi with the cross. Bouncing into the hands of Suarez to Villamil. Suarez. The pressure once again this time from... We got a lizard down. Go over. And will it be the second? Messi! Slight deflection on the wall and a corner. Cross-court ball. Depol. Messi. Depol. Back to Villamil. Once. Depol. Finding Messi. Control through his chest. Does a 360. Oh! Gets taken down harshly. That's going to be a yellow card. The first of the game. At least. For Villamil. He is... Playing fantastically tonight. He's got all the lights switched on. Firing on all cylinders. Messi. Already with a goal. But also heavily. It is... I believe number 14. Who has the honor. Laying down. On the ground. He's aiming to fire with a bit more power. Than before. Messi! Fantastic save! By Biscarra. Laying out completely. To block what would have been an amazing goal. But it's still 1-0. Oh and he was... He banged... His head with the goalpost. Look at it on the replay. A terrific save by Biscarra. Laid out his body and then bang. Off the post. An almost perfect execution. Bad pass. Stopping the danger. Great ball from Julian Alvarez. Messi going for number 2. Messi giving it to Lautaro! Goal! For the World Champions! And who said those three can't play together? Julian Alvarez with the opening pass. Messi so unselfish. He was 1-1. He had the chance for a brace. For a double. But he knows that the goal scorer lives by the goal. And Lautaro Martinez just passes it into the open net. Argentina 2 in 43 minutes. Bolivia 0. To Carmelo Algarañas. Those are a bit of a disloyal slime players. This should do it. But a pass from Messi to Julian! Was missing from this first half. Was yet another master strike from Messi. We said this should about do it. But there's always time for more. The Bolivian defense caught looking. Julian running behind them. A perfect pass from Messi. A bit of a tough control. There you see it. The quick free kick. The perfect run from Julian. No offside. To the back of Diego Medina. Just bouncing it off the turf. To score the third. One for Messi. First half. All smiles. In Buenos Aires for the Argentinian fans. Who are most decisively 3-0. With an outstanding game. Running out of adjectives here. Messi always near. Rodrigo de Paul. Changing from words. For later on. A play on the ground here. Messi. Enzo. Messi. Enzo. Otamendi on the back post! Otamendi! Alonso! Short. A header from Messi. De Paul. And in. It's Otamendi. Messi. Put to the middle for Enzo. Álvarez. Messi. Giving it right back to the spider. Fire from Tomé. Messi gets it back. Messi trying to go between two. A handball. Well spotted by the ref. Magnifico. Enzo. Short with Lionel. Messi! Almost there for Lautaro. The rebound! Back to Lautaro. Makes it forward. And this is going to be Lionel. For the second. Messi. A flight to the Villamil. And out for a corner on the other side. Lionel. He tried to locate that ball in the top right corner. But he found the head of Villamil. Recovery by Argentina. Lautaro gets it back. Messi wide. A little bit too wide. But Molina still gets it. Molina! Gets it in. Pass to the back. De Paul. Lionel. Messi from behind. Suarez just booms it away. And we're going to get... Not one. Not two. Once again. Molina. Messi. The run on the back side. Missed by Enzo. Lautaro. Messi still has the legs. Still has the speed. Fines for the Albi Celeste. Which included, of course, another title. The Copa America in the United States. And here is Palacios. Messi. Short for Paredes. Back to Lionel. Messi! That would have rounded out the night. For the fifth and final. There's still time though. Luis Paz fighting in the midfield there with Bolivia. Messi is going to get another opportunity. Lionel for this right foot. Lionel! We said the fifth second for Messi. Messi. That's what the Monumental is saying. The only chant that's picked up from abroad. That's picked up from Barcelona. As Messi takes it for himself. Beautiful move here with the left foot. Going over Suarez. And finishing with the right. Iscara touched it but could not keep it away. Argentina rounds out a perfect night. At home. On the way to another World Cup. With a brace by Lionel Messi. Title. Basically what the crowd is saying there. Paz for Palacios. And now Lionel. He's got Paz in the middle. There goes the ball. Back to Lionel. One more. No, one more. Are you kidding me? Argentina make it six and a hat-trick. And one more ball taken home by Lionel. Combination with Nico Paz. A rocket of a left-footed blast from the Rosarito. Up high. There goes the head. The celebration. The world belongs to him. Argentina six. Bolivia zero. Everybody at the feet of Messi. Yeah! Goal number one. Goal number two. And goal number three. The best one, probably. The third one. By Messi. Just because of the power and the precision. We are all Rodrigo de Paul. And Lautaro Martinez both notching goals as well. Well, that's the final whistle from the Peruvian referee, Kevin Ortega, that marks the end of the game. Quite simply, a recital for Argentina. Six. Bolivia zero in this tenth round. The V in the Global World Cup qualifiers.