Messi, Di María and Maradona, the kings of assists

ARGENTINA beat Guatemala 4-1 in a match that started down because of an early goal against Lisandro Martínez. However, the cast of Lionel ScaloniHe reacted and reached the goal with two doubles from Lionel Messi and Lautaro Martínez (the first from a penalty).

Besides, La Pulga and Ángel Di María distributed an assist to establish themselves on the podium of the best in this area in the history of the National Team. Leo dominates the statistics with 55, while little angel reached 28, two more than Diego, who completes the podium with 26.

Assisted by Ángel Di María for Lionel Messi’s goal

MORE ASSISTANCES IN THE ARGENTINE NATIONAL TEAM

#	PLAYER	ASSISTANCES
1	MESSI, Lionel Andrés	55
2	DI MARIA, Angel Fabián	28
3	MARADONA, Diego Armando	26
4	ORTEGA, Arnaldo Ariel	twenty-one
5	RIQUELME, Juan Román	17
6	AGÜERO, Sergio Leonel	fifteen
7	LO CELSO, Giovani	14
8	LOPEZ, Claudio Javier	12
9	TEVEZ, Carlos Alberto	12
10	VERON, Juan Sebastian	12
eleven	HIGUAIN, Gonzalo Gerardo	10
12	DE PAUL, Rodrigo Javier	10

Assist by Lionel Messi for Lautaro Martínez

LIONEL MESSI’S 55 ASSISTANCES

#	DATE	TOURNAMENT	RIVAL	RESULT	MARKER	CONDITION	MINUTE	AUTHOR OF THE GOAL
1	11/16/2005	Friendly	Qatar	Won	3-0	Neutral	71	Juan Riquelme
2	03/01/2006	Friendly	Croatia	Lost	23	Neutral	4	Carlos Tevez
3	06/16/2006	world Cup	Serbia	Won	6-0	Neutral	78	Hernan Crespo
4	06/02/2007	Friendly	Swiss	tied	1-1	Visitor	fifty	Carlos Tevez
5	06/29/2007	America Cup	USA	Won	4-1	Neutral	64	Hernan Crespo
6	09/11/2007	Friendly	Australia	Won	1-0	Visitor	49	Martin Demichelis
7	11/17/2007	Qualifiers	Bolivia	Won	3-0	Local	74	Juan Riquelme
8	06/05/2008	Friendly	Mexico	Won	4-1	Neutral	72	Sergio Aguero
9	09/06/2008	Qualifiers	Paraguay	tied	1-1	Local	61	Sergio Aguero
10	03/28/2009	Qualifiers	Venezuela	Won	4-0	Local	47	Carlos Tevez
eleven	06/27/2010	world Cup	Mexico	Won	3-1	Neutral	26	Carlos Tevez
12	02/09/2011	Friendly	Portugal	Won	2-1	Neutral	14	Angel Di Maria
13	06/20/2011	Friendly	Albania	Won	4-0	Local	5	Ezequiel Lavezzi
14	06/20/2011	Friendly	Albania	Won	4-0	Local	74	Sergio Aguero
fifteen	07/12/2011	America Cup	Costa Rica	Won	3-0	Local	52	Sergio Aguero
16	07/12/2011	America Cup	Costa Rica	Won	3-0	Local	64	Angel Di Maria
17	07/16/2011	America Cup	Uruguay	tied	1-1	Local	18	Gonzalo Higuain
18	02/09/2011	Friendly	Venezuela	Won	1-0	Neutral	67	Nicolas Otamendi
19	09/06/2011	Friendly	Nigeria	Won	3-1	Neutral	24	Gonzalo Higuain
twenty	10/08/2011	Qualifiers	Chili	Won	4-1	Local	63	Gonzalo Higuain
twenty-one	06/03/2012	Qualifiers	Ecuador	Won	4-0	Local	29	Gonzalo Higuain
22	03/23/2013	Qualifiers	Venezuela	Won	3-0	Local	28	Gonzalo Higuain
23	03/23/2013	Qualifiers	Venezuela	Won	3-0	Local	58	Gonzalo Higuain
24	06/15/2013	Friendly	Guatemala	Won	4-0	Visitor	36	Augusto Fernandez
25	09/11/2013	Qualifiers	Paraguay	Won	5-2	Visitor	32	Sergio Aguero
26	07/01/2014	world Cup	Swiss	Won	1-0	Neutral	118	Angel Di Maria
27	10/14/2014	Friendly	Hong Kong	Won	7-0	Visitor	72	Osvaldo Gaitan
28	11/12/2014	Friendly	Croatia	Won	2-1	Neutral	49	Cristian Ansaldi
29	06/30/2015	America Cup	Paraguay	Won	6-1	Neutral	83	Gonzalo Higuain
30	06/30/2015	America Cup	Paraguay	Won	6-1	Neutral	fifteen	Marcos Rojo
31	06/30/2015	America Cup	Paraguay	Won	6-1	Neutral	27	Javier Pastore
32	06/18/2016	America Cup	Venezuela	Won	4-1	Neutral	71	Erik Lamela
33	06/18/2016	America Cup	Venezuela	Won	4-1	Neutral	8	Gonzalo Higuain
3. 4	06/21/2016	America Cup	USA	Won	4-0	Visitor	3	Ezequiel Lavezzi
35	06/21/2016	America Cup	USA	Won	4-0	Visitor	86	Gonzalo Higuain
36	11/15/2016	Qualifiers	Colombia	Won	3-0	Local	23	Lucas Pratto
37	11/15/2016	Qualifiers	Colombia	Won	3-0	Local	84	Angel Di Maria
38	05/29/2018	Friendly	Haiti	Won	4-0	Local	69	Sergio Aguero
39	06/30/2018	world Cup	France	Lost	3-4	Neutral	48	Gabriel Mercado
40	06/30/2018	world Cup	France	Lost	3-4	Neutral	93	Sergio Aguero
41	07/06/2019	America Cup	Chili	Won	2-1	Neutral	12	Sergio Aguero
42	11/18/2019	Friendly	Uruguay	tied	2-2	Neutral	63	Sergio Aguero
43	06/18/2021	America Cup	Uruguay	Won	1-0	Neutral	12	Guido Rodriguez
44	06/28/2021	America Cup	Bolivia	Won	4-1	Neutral	5	Alejandro Gomez
Four. Five	07/03/2021	America Cup	Ecuador	Won	3-0	Neutral	40	Rodrigo de Paul
46	07/03/2021	America Cup	Ecuador	Won	3-0	Neutral	84	Lautaro Martínez
47	07/06/2021	America Cup	Colombia	tied	1-1	Neutral	6	Lautaro Martínez
48	06/01/2022	Finalissima	Italy	Won	3-0	Neutral	28	Lautaro Martínez
49	06/01/2022	Finalissima	Italy	Won	3-0	Neutral	94	Paulo Dybala
fifty	11/16/2022	Friendly	Arab Emirates	Win	1-0	Visitor	17	Julian Alvarez
51	11/26/2022	world Cup	Mexico	Win	2-0	Neutral	87	Enzo Fernandez
52	12/09/2022	world Cup	Netherlands	tied	2-2	Neutral	35	Nahuel Molina
53	12/13/2022	world Cup	Croatia	Win	3-0	Neutral	69	Julian Alvarez
54	03/28/2023	Friendly	Curacao	Win	7-0	Local	35	Enzo Fernandez
55	06/14/2024	Friendly	Guatemala	Win	4-1	Neutral	66	Lautaro Martínez

ALL ASSISTANCES FROM ÁNGEL DI MARÍA

His assists in Argentina: 28

By competition: 12 in Friendlies, 11 in Qualifiers, 4 in Copa América and 1 in World Cup

By partner: Lionel Messi (7) and Sergio Agüero (6) head the list of 12 players who received an assist from Fideo.

He once gave three assists: Friendly against Germany in 2014 (Agüero, Lamela and Federico Fernández)

Three times he gave two assists: 2011 against Chile (Higuaín x 2), 2012 against Uruguay (Messi and Agüero), 2023 against Bolivia (Enzo Fernández and Nicolás Tagliafico).

His top brand in Qualifiers: In the match against Bolivia he assisted twice in the same qualifying match for the third time and reached Lionel Messi and Ariel Ortega as the Argentines with the most assists (10) in the history of the competition since 1998.

#	#2	DATE	PLAYER	RIVAL	TOURNAMENT
1	1	03/03/2010	gonzalo Higuain	Germany	Friendly
2	2	10/07/2011	gonzalo Higuain	Chili	Qualifiers
3	2	10/07/2011	gonzalo Higuain	Chili	Qualifiers
4	3	06/02/2012	Sergio Aguero	Ecuador	Qualifiers
5	4	06/09/2012	Lionel Messi	Brazil	Friendly
6	5	10/12/2012	Lionel Messi	Uruguay	Qualifiers
7	5	10/12/2012	Sergio Aguero	Uruguay	Qualifiers
8	6	02/06/2013	Sergio Aguero	Sweden	Friendly
9	7	06/04/2014	Rodrigo Palacio	Trinidad and Tobago	Friendly
10	8	09/03/2014	Sergio Aguero	Germany	Friendly
eleven	8	09/03/2014	Erik Lamela	Germany	Friendly
12	8	09/03/2014	Federico Fernandez	Germany	Friendly
13	9	06/06/2015	Sergio Aguero	Bolivia	Friendly
14	10	06/20/2015	gonzalo Higuain	Jamaica	America Cup
fifteen	eleven	06/30/2015	Sergio Aguero	Paraguay	America Cup
16	12	06/06/2016	Ever Banega	Chili	America Cup
17	13	06/10/2016	Nicolas Otamendi	Panama	Friendly
18	14	09/06/2016	Nicolas Otamendi	Venezuela	Qualifiers
19	fifteen	06/13/2017	Lucas Alario	Singapore	Friendly
twenty	16	10/10/2017	Lionel Messi	Ecuador	Qualifiers
twenty-one	17	06/21/2021	Alejandro Gomez	Paraguay	America Cup
22	18	03/25/2022	Lionel Messi	Venezuela	Qualifiers
23	19	11/16/2022	Lionel Messi	Arab Emirates	Friendly
24	twenty	11/26/2022	Lionel Messi	Mexico	world
25	twenty-one	09/12/2023	Enzo Fernandez	Bolivia	Qualifiers
26	twenty-one	09/12/2023	Nicolas Tagliafico	Bolivia	Qualifiers
27	22	03/22/2024	Christian Romero	The Savior	Friendly
28	23	06/14/2024	Lionel Messi	Guatemala	Friendly