{"id":545438,"date":"2026-06-22T17:57:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T21:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diarioelpopular.com\/?p=545438"},"modified":"2026-06-22T17:57:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T21:57:52","slug":"el-viejo-messi-conmueve-al-mundo-otro-doblete-lo-convierte-en-el-maximo-goleador-de-la-historia-del-torneo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diarioelpopular.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/el-viejo-messi-conmueve-al-mundo-otro-doblete-lo-convierte-en-el-maximo-goleador-de-la-historia-del-torneo\/","title":{"rendered":"El viejo Messi conmueve al mundo: otro doblete lo convierte en el m\u00e1ximo goleador de la historia del torneo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_545439\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-545439\" class=\"wp-image-545439 size-custom-big-size\" src=\"https:\/\/diarioelpopular.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screen-Shot-2026-06-22-at-5.56.47-PM-1200x805.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/diarioelpopular.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screen-Shot-2026-06-22-at-5.56.47-PM-1200x805.png 1200w, https:\/\/diarioelpopular.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screen-Shot-2026-06-22-at-5.56.47-PM-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/diarioelpopular.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screen-Shot-2026-06-22-at-5.56.47-PM-768x515.png 768w, https:\/\/diarioelpopular.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screen-Shot-2026-06-22-at-5.56.47-PM-1536x1031.png 1536w, https:\/\/diarioelpopular.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screen-Shot-2026-06-22-at-5.56.47-PM-636x427.png 636w, https:\/\/diarioelpopular.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screen-Shot-2026-06-22-at-5.56.47-PM-80x55.png 80w, https:\/\/diarioelpopular.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screen-Shot-2026-06-22-at-5.56.47-PM-109x73.png 109w, https:\/\/diarioelpopular.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screen-Shot-2026-06-22-at-5.56.47-PM.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-545439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Los jugadores de Argentina rodean a Messi para celebrar el segundo gol de la Albiceleste ante Austria.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Foto Sam Hodde (AP Photo\/Sam Hodde)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>El argentino, en una nueva exhibici\u00f3n ante Austria, clasifica a Argentina a dieciseisavos y alcanza los 18 tantos, dos m\u00e1s que el alem\u00e1n Miroslav Klose<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/deportes\/mundial-futbol\/2026-06-18\/el-genio-de-leo-messi-enciende-el-mundial-despues-de-dias-de-polemicas-alejas-al-futbol.html\" href=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/deportes\/mundial-futbol\/2026-06-18\/el-genio-de-leo-messi-enciende-el-mundial-despues-de-dias-de-polemicas-alejas-al-futbol.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" data-link-track-dtm=\"\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/deportes\/mundial-futbol\/2026-06-18\/el-genio-de-leo-messi-enciende-el-mundial-despues-de-dias-de-polemicas-alejas-al-futbol.html\">El Mundial se ha convertido en la tierra feliz de Leo Messi<\/a>, el para\u00edso que tantas veces lo rechaz\u00f3. Qui\u00e9n lo hubiera adivinado hace solo cinco a\u00f1os, despu\u00e9s de tantos desencantos con la selecci\u00f3n. El estadio imponente de Dallas despidi\u00f3 en trance al h\u00e9roe, el rey absoluto de lo que va de torneo. A punto de arrancar la hoja de los 39 a\u00f1os, su f\u00fatbol resulta conmovedor, pura emoci\u00f3n en los estertores de una carrera \u00fanica. La ciudad que asisti\u00f3 a la muerte futbol\u00edstica de Maradona con la Albiceleste en el Mundial 94 contempl\u00f3 este lunes contra Austria otra exhibici\u00f3n \u00fanica del genio. La Copa del Mundo vive estos d\u00edas en el centro de Estados Unidos momentos que ya forman parte de la historia del campeonato, pase lo que pase de aqu\u00ed al largo camino a la final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Su impacto sobre los partidos es absoluto, pero, libra por libra de la estad\u00edstica, la cita lo situ\u00f3 como el m\u00e1ximo goleador de la historia de los Mundiales, con 18 tantos,\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/deportes\/mundial-futbol\/2026-06-17\/como-sera-ser-messi.html\" href=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/deportes\/mundial-futbol\/2026-06-17\/como-sera-ser-messi.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" data-link-track-dtm=\"\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/deportes\/mundial-futbol\/2026-06-17\/como-sera-ser-messi.html\">ya dos por encima del alem\u00e1n Miroslav Klose<\/a>. Por detr\u00e1s viene Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 (14 al t\u00e9rmino del partido de Argentina). El leopardo franc\u00e9s deber\u00e1 darse mucha prisa para atajar al mito argentino, cuyas actuaciones en este Mundial trascienden los registros y multiplican a una selecci\u00f3n argentina cuyo juego tampoco est\u00e1 deslumbrando.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">El f\u00fatbol gira a su alrededor y el planeta asiste con el coraz\u00f3n en la mano al despliegue del genio. No hay nada que ocurra en la Albiceleste que no pase o no tenga que ver con Messi mientras los rivales se entregan a su estrella. Los cinco goles de Argentina en el campeonato son suyos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">La victoria coloc\u00f3 a su equipo ya en dieciseisavos y lo acerca al primer puesto. Espa\u00f1a sigue con lupa lo que ocurre en este rinc\u00f3n del cuadro porque los primeros cruces son entre ambos grupos y a las dos les conviene mantenerse todav\u00eda lejos. Sobre todo, a la Roja de este Messi desatado y plet\u00f3rico que cerr\u00f3 la funci\u00f3n con el 2-0 en medio del delirio de la masa. Messi y solo Messi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">La diana final la festej\u00f3 pose\u00eddo, al contrario que la primera. La del r\u00e9cord fue un grito m\u00e1s que una celebraci\u00f3n. Hubo m\u00e1s rabia que festejo en el rosarino. Hab\u00eda necesitado cuatro ocasiones claras para poner en ventaja a Argentina y, sobre todo, superar el r\u00e9cord de Klose. El genio llevaba una primera parte frustrado. Nada m\u00e1s empezar, hab\u00eda fallado un penalti, y por mucho. El VAR tuvo que alertar al colegiado de que a Lautaro Mart\u00ednez le hab\u00edan hecho un s\u00e1ndwich entre Xaver Schlager y el enmascarado Posch. El diez encar\u00f3 los 11 metros y la mand\u00f3 fuera por un buen palmo. Alexander Schlager le hab\u00eda adivinado, adem\u00e1s, la direcci\u00f3n. Curiosamente, antes de alcanzar otro trocito de gloria, La Pulga se convirti\u00f3 en el futbolista con m\u00e1s penaltis fallados en los Mundiales (tres; contra Islandia en 2018, Polonia en 2022 y esta).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"gallery-summary-53\" class=\"gallery-summary-container\">\n<div class=\"gal__figs-scl\">\n<div class=\"a_gl\">\n<figure class=\"a_m _pr gallery-photo-1 gallery-slider__photo a_m-h\">\n<p><div style=\"width: 424px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"_re lazyload a_m-h\" src=\"https:\/\/imagenes.elpais.com\/resizer\/v2\/TULELLCLL5H3HPCAUN4FPQNGTY.jpg?auth=fcd9d86841733acc94bfa02b042282fd6e9671c41560c1118374d98be1505f12&amp;width=414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imagenes.elpais.com\/resizer\/v2\/TULELLCLL5H3HPCAUN4FPQNGTY.jpg?auth=fcd9d86841733acc94bfa02b042282fd6e9671c41560c1118374d98be1505f12&amp;width=414 414w,https:\/\/imagenes.elpais.com\/resizer\/v2\/TULELLCLL5H3HPCAUN4FPQNGTY.jpg?auth=fcd9d86841733acc94bfa02b042282fd6e9671c41560c1118374d98be1505f12&amp;width=828 828w\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"274\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagenes.elpais.com\/resizer\/v2\/TULELLCLL5H3HPCAUN4FPQNGTY.jpg?auth=fcd9d86841733acc94bfa02b042282fd6e9671c41560c1118374d98be1505f12&amp;width=414\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Messi anota el segundo gol ante Austria en el tiempo de descuento.Fotos Maja Hitij &#8211; FIFA (FIFA via Getty Images)<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"a_m_p\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"a_m _pr gallery-photo-2 gallery-slider__photo _dn a_m-h \"><span class=\"a_m_w _db\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"_re lazyload a_m-h\" src=\"https:\/\/imagenes.elpais.com\/resizer\/v2\/AGNSI34BWBAYZCNLZ4FILH3OF4.jpg?auth=7b598d00e818528c71aa378e2797c11bbe03ec4e0ee5dc98b8a3e4ab26de023a&amp;width=414\" 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Un ejemplo de lo mejor que pod\u00eda hacer ante un rival que le iba a buscar, pero que se abr\u00eda a sus espaldas. Messi encontr\u00f3 a Lautaro y a este lo arrollaron. Argentina no oculta, ni pretende, que respira por cada poro de su estrella, y el accidente lo sumergi\u00f3 en la incomodidad. Perdi\u00f3 velocidad de bal\u00f3n y Austria, sin amenazar en serio a Dibu Mart\u00ednez, la atacaba.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">En todo caso, las pisadas m\u00e1s claras dentro del \u00e1rea siguieron correspondiendo a Argentina. A Messi, claro, al que Alaba le neg\u00f3 dos veces. En una se la sac\u00f3 por detr\u00e1s cuando iba a apuntillar al meta y en la segunda le bloque\u00f3 un disparo que iba dentro. As\u00ed que el 1-0 cay\u00f3 con f\u00f3rceps. La jugada la arranc\u00f3 Leo, por supuesto, y encontr\u00f3 un facilitador imprescindible en Thiago Almada, que primero abri\u00f3 a la banda y luego la dej\u00f3 pasar entre las piernas para que el astro se desahogara.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a title=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/deportes\/mundial-futbol\/2026-06-17\/banglades-donde-hay-mas-hinchas-de-argentina-que-en-la-patria-de-messi.html\" href=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/deportes\/mundial-futbol\/2026-06-17\/banglades-donde-hay-mas-hinchas-de-argentina-que-en-la-patria-de-messi.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" data-link-track-dtm=\"\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/deportes\/mundial-futbol\/2026-06-17\/banglades-donde-hay-mas-hinchas-de-argentina-que-en-la-patria-de-messi.html\">Argentina se hab\u00eda propuesto amasar la pelota para responder al juego vertical austriaco<\/a>. Y a eso se entreg\u00f3 con empe\u00f1o desde el alivio del 1-0. A Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez, Mac Allister, De Paul y Almada les sobra pie para tocar, tocar y tocar, hasta que dan la aceleraci\u00f3n de Messi. No siempre lo logr\u00f3, aunque, por momentos, el mon\u00f3logo fue absoluto. El trasteo con el bal\u00f3n pod\u00eda resultar, a veces, insustancial y otras, da\u00f1ino para conectar con su referente.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez volvi\u00f3 a sustituir a Lautaro, porque ha avisado Scaloni de que es muy dif\u00edcil que ambos puedan convivir en el campo por cuestiones de equilibrio. Messi tiene licencia para correr cuando considere y eso exige una adaptaci\u00f3n del resto, as\u00ed que dos nueve se le antojan demasiado al seleccionador en circunstancias normales. Alaba, segundo partido como titular, tambi\u00e9n se retir\u00f3 a la hora porque sus articulaciones tienen unas hipotecas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">El encuentro entr\u00f3 en una fase larga de indefinici\u00f3n. Argentina tocaba sin mucho filo mientras Austria, que solo dej\u00f3 un disparo a porter\u00eda, no sab\u00eda c\u00f3mo inquietar en serio a Dibu. Parec\u00eda que todos segu\u00edan esperando a Messi. No acert\u00f3 Nico Gonz\u00e1lez y a Arnautovic se le fue la \u00faltima ocasi\u00f3n de Austria. Y s\u00ed, regres\u00f3 el genio a escena para poner boca abajo el Mundial. Su Mundial. Una leyenda eterna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; El argentino, en una nueva exhibici\u00f3n ante Austria, clasifica a Argentina a dieciseisavos y alcanza los 18 tantos, dos m\u00e1s que el alem\u00e1n Miroslav&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":545439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-545438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deportes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diarioelpopular.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diarioelpopular.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diarioelpopular.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diarioelpopular.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diarioelpopular.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/diarioelpopular.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":545440,"href":"https:\/\/diarioelpopular.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545438\/revisions\/545440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diarioelpopular.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diarioelpopular.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diarioelpopular.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diarioelpopular.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}