Lionel Messi eased fitness concerns ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 by scoring shortly after coming off the bench in Argentina’s 3-0 win over Iceland. Returning from a hamstring injury, the captain converted a penalty just two minutes after entering the match. The victory boosted confidence as Argentina prepare to defend their World Cup title, with Messi set for his sixth tournament.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lionel Messi eased fitness concerns ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 by scoring shortly after coming off the bench in Argentina’s 3-0 win over Iceland. Returning from a hamstring injury, the captain converted a penalty just two minutes after entering the match. The victory boosted confidence as Argentina prepare to defend their World Cup… Read More »Watch: Messi silences injury concerns with stunning penalty in Argentina’s 3-0 win<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":115283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115282"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}