Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo go goal crazy as Argentina and Portugal send World Cup warning
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo scored seven goals between them as Argentina and Portugal both won their international fixtures on Sunday.
Messi fired a warning shot to World Cup rivals after scoring all five of his team's goals in a 5-0 friendly victory over Estonia.
Before the weekend, the Paris Saint-Germain forward had only scored five goals in a single game once. That took place back in 2012 with Barcelona thrashing Bayer Leverkusen 7-1.
Lionel Messi 5 Goals against Estonia 🇪🇪 pic.twitter.com/UehbHHrS6v
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Argentina have been drawn in Group C for this year's World Cup in Qatar, alongside Saudi Arabia - whom they play first on November 22 - Mexico and Poland.
Ronaldo on form as Portugal thrash Switzerland
Make that 117 international goals. 🔥
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Cristiano Ronaldo is 𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚! 💥 pic.twitter.com/opyvr3N2fT
Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo was also on top form as his brace helped Portugal to a 4-0 thumping of Switzerland in Lisbon.
The forward scored twice in four minutes as he improved his goal tally for Portugal to 117 goals.