Messi makes his mark stateside with 19-minute hat-trick after coming off the bench as Argentina thrash minnows Panama

 

Argentina were in need of another goal to settle themselves, with Panama starting to ask questions of them at the back and threaten their one goal advantage. Messi delivered it. And then, he delivered again, ten minutes later, executing a perfect free-kick to score his second of the game. And again, three minutes before time, completing his hat-trick after confusing Baloy with quick footwork in the box and burying it beyond Jaime Penedo. Three goals in 19 minutes.