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Federico Fazio won Olympic gold with Argentina at Beijing 2008 and represented the Albiceleste at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The former player of Ferro, Sevilla, Tottenham Hotspur, Roma, and Salernitana analyses the World Cup and looks back on his career in an interview with Flashscore.

Were you surprised by Messi’s performance, scoring a hat-trick at 38 years old in the Argentina-Algeria match and becoming the joint all-time top scorer at the World Cup alongside Klose?

“I don’t think anything Messi does surprises anyone, even though you see what he does and what he brings in every match, and it’s already his sixth World Cup. I was talking with friends about how Messi is still there, almost 39 years old, doing pretty much the same as always.

“The goals are his trademark, even the one he scored from an offside position; all his goals are similar. It feels like when you look back, it’s the same; he keeps doing exactly the same things. No one is surprised because that’s just who he is.”

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