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Messi: Relief, not celebration, after 1,000th game
ESPN | 04/12/2022 09:58 AM | Click to read full article
Lionel Messi says he will not celebrate his personal milestone of reaching 1,000 professional matches after helping Argentina to a 2-1 victory over Australia in the World Cup round of 16, but instead admits his overriding emotion was relief at having come through a physical test just 48 hours after their last group stage match.
