The Argentine National Team will meet again with its people in March, first when it plays against Uruguay in Montevideo and then against Brazil at the Monumental, so Lionel Messi will return to the ring.

A second-half strike from Lautaro Martinez gave Argentina a 1-0 home win over Peru in South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday, with the striker's goal moving him into a tie with Diego Maradona as the country's fifth all-time scorer.

Former Inter and Milan striker Hernan Crespo has already accepted the fact that Lautaro Martinez will overtake him in Argentina’s all-time top goalscorer charts, after the current Nerazzurri captain levelled Diego Maradona’s tally against Peru on Wednesday.

Lautaro Martinez moves level with Diego Maradona in the all-time Argentina scoring charts in a 1-0 World Cup qualifying win over Peru in Buenos Aires.

Inter star Lautaro Martinez scored a spectacular goal for Argentina against Peru last night, equalling Diego Armando Maradona’s tally for La Seleccion.Lautaro Martinez scored his 32nd international

Lautaro Martinez wrote his name into the history of Argentina as his goal against Peru allowed him to equal Diego Armando Maradona's 32 goals with the national team.Martinez, who has 31 goals, is one goal away from equalling Maradona (32) in fifth place in the ranking of top scorers in Argentina's history,

Lionel Messi moved one step closer to breaking yet another record in Argentina's 1–0 win over Peru in 2026 World Cup Qualifying action. It wasn't until the second half that Argentina found the opening goal through a brilliant piece of skill from both Messi and Lautaro Martínez.