Messi overtakes Ronaldo with hat-trick in World Cup warmup
Argentina captain Lionel Messi on Tuesday scored a hat-trick in a friendly against Haiti ahead of the 2018 World Cup to go past ex-Brazilian forward Ronaldo's tally of 62 international goals. With 64 goals in 124 appearances, Messi remains only behind three-time World Cup-winner PelÃ© among South American top-scorers. Notably, Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 81 goals in 149 matches.