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Argentina's Lionel Messi (C) vies for the ball with Uruguay's Jose Maria Gimenez (L) and Uruguay's Jorge Fucile (R) during the 2018 World Cup qualifier football match in Mendoza, Argentina, on September 1, 2016. [AFP PHOTO]
Lionel Messi marked his retirement about face with a goal to give 10-man Argentina a 1-0 win over Uruguay on Thursday that lifted them to the top of the South American qualifying group for the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia.
In a match of few chances, Messi created something out of nothing three minutes before halftime when, surrounded by defenders, his shot from outside the box took a deflection on Jose Maria Gimenez and wrongfooted goalkeeper Fernando Muslera.
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