Lionel Messi broke Gabriel Batistuta's record to become the highest goalscorer for Argentina in the history of the FIFA World Cup. This was Messi's 11th goal.
Messi has equalled Hungarian great Sandor Kocsis and German goal-machine Jurgen Klinsmann with 11 goals.
Only Pele (12), Just Fontaine (13), Gerd Muller (14), Brazil's Ronaldo (15) and Germany's Miroslav Klose (16) have scored more goals in FIFA World Cup than Messi.