Lionel Messi ya ƙara rubuta sunansa a cikin tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa, inda ya wuce rikodin da Miroslav Klose ya kafa tsawon lokaci don zama maƙerin kwallaye mafi yawa a tarihin Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta FIFA da kwallaye 18.

Kyaftin din Argentina ya kai wannan matakin ta hanyar zura kwallonsa ta 17 da ta 18 a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya a lokacin wasan mataki na rukuni na FIFA World Cup 2026 tsakanin Argentina da Austria — wasan da ya kawo karshen rikodin Klose, wanda ya tsaya sama da shekaru goma.

Tafiyar Messi a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta hada wasannin gasar da dama, kuma adadin kwallayensa na 18 yanzu ya zama ma'aunin ƙarshe na zura kwallaye na mutum ɗaya a mafi girman fagen ƙwallon ƙafa a duniya. Babu dan wasa a tarihin gasar da ya taba zura ƙwallaye fiye da haka.

Argentina, ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu neman kambun gasar, ta ci gaba da yaƙin neman nasara a mataki na rukuni na FIFA World Cup 2026 yayin da Messi ya ƙara wani babi na tarihi a cikin aikin sa na ƙasa da ƙasa wanda ya riga ya kasance mai ban mamaki.

Rikodin ya nuna tasirin Messi mai dawwama a wasan duniya kuma ya ƙarfafa gadonsa ba kawai a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasan Argentina a tarihi ba, har ma a matsayin babbar hanya a tarihin Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya kanta.