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Messi scores 800th goal as Argentina wins first match after World Cup win

Argentina's Lionel Messi after their 2-0 win over Panama.[Cortesy]

The 83,000 screaming fans were not disappointed in Lionel Messi and his Argentina team's first international match since lifting the World Cup title last December.

Messi's Argentina beat Panama 2-0 with two late goals Thursday night at the Monumental de Nunez Stadium in Buenos Aires, in the first of two matches for the team to celebrate its triumph in Qatar.

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