Lionel Messi with a double as Argentina’s winning hint continues

 Lionel Messi scored doubly as Argentina edged closer to Italy's world record unbeaten band with a comfortable 3- 0 palm over Jamaica in a World Cup warm-up friendly in New Jersey on Tuesday.

Paris Saint- Germain megastar Messi took his transnational pretensions census to 90 in 164 appearances after coming on as an alternate-half cover at the Red Bull Arena. Messi's pretensions limited an emphatic palm for the South Americans, who have now gone 35 games unbeaten in a band stretching back to 2019- just two shy of Italy's world record unbeaten run of 37 sets between 2018 and 2012.

Messi, who also scored doubly during a friendly palm over Honduras in Miami on Friday, delighted the crowd with a stimulating gem after coming on in the 56th nanosecond for Inter Milan's Lautaro Martinez.

He bagged his first of the night in the 86th nanosecond, zipping forward before stroking a shot into the nethermost corner past Jamaica goalkeeper Andre Blake.

The 35- time-old seven-time BallonD'Or winner also produced a puckish alternate thing, craftily entwining a low shot underneath the Jamaican wall into the nethermost corner from a free-kick.

Messi's presence left the crowd in delirium. On three different occasions, observers dashed onto the pitch in trouble to get close to the Argentinian icon. One shirtless addict tried to get Messi to sign his reverse before he was whisked to the bottom by security staff. Messi's late double culminated in another assured performance from Lionel Scaloni's Argentina, who are fleetly arising as one of the favorites for the World Cup in Qatar in November.

The Argentinians had dominated throughout a one-sided first half and took the lead on 13 twinkles when Martinez sidestepped once Jamaica's Damion Lowe and cut back for Manchester City's Julian Alvarez, who put away a low finish from close range.

Alvarez nearly had an alternate soon latterly but coiled his shot just wide.

Midfielder Guido Rodriguez also went near but was unfit to direct his blitz at the aft post on target, rather shooting over the bar.

Giovani Lo Celso also hovered with long-range trouble that flew just wide of the top corner in the 33rd nanosecond.