Captain Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick as Argentina began their title defense with a decisive 3-0 victory against Algeria in Kansas City.

<p> <img alt="With his three goals, Messi reached 16 in World Cups, tying Germany&#039;s Miroslav Klose as the competition&#039;s all-time top scorer" height="80" src="https://en.mercopress.com/data/cache/noticias/110513/100x80/17118848.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0 12px 6px 0; border: 1px solid #333;" width="100" /> Argentina began their defense of the World Cup title won in Qatar 2022 on Tuesday with a 3-0 thrashing of Algeria, in the Group J opener of the 2026 World ...