Lionel Messi kept his dream of winning his first World Cup alive by rifling in the opening goal in Saturday's 2-0 victory over Mexico in World Cup Group C, proving he was far from done in the tournament.
The Argentine, competing in his fifth World Cup at age 35, has won every other major title in his career but has failed to lift the coveted trophy despite making the final in 2014.
"Today starts another World Cup for Argentina," Messi said. "I tell people the same thing, that they continue to believe. Today we did what we had to do."The first half we didn't play as we should and in the second, when we calmed down, we started to play the ball better and until the goal we went back to being what we are," he said.
Mexico's high pressing game stifled most of their opponents' attack and Messi struggled to find any space to manoeuvre in a congested midfield.
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