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[caption id="attachment_21679" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Neymar scored to help Brazil win over Ecuador. Pic twitter@Beazil_Teamnews[/caption] Internet Desk: It was not a mere win over Uruguay like in 2015. It was the match to witness the worth of Messi for Argentina and he prove it by leading his team to win by 1-0 over Uruguay in the 2018 World Cup qualifier. Argentina needed Messi to go ahead despite of his announcement of his retirement. Messi did the job perfectly to lead his team by his lone goal of the match. “I wanted to be here after all the confusion I’d caused by first saying I wasn’t coming and then that I was,” Messi told reporters. 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 wrong footed goalkeeper Fernando Muslera. It was a low scoring match where Uruguay tried all the time to defend. Though they failed against the 10 men Argentina. In another match Brazil won over Ecuador by 3-0. the strike known as the descendant of Neymar in Brazil, Gabriel Jesus got the show in that match scoring two goals. He showed great opportunism and balance to draw a foul from Alexander Dominguez in the area, before giving a fine demonstration of his finishing ability with two distinct but equally memorable finishes. He himself scored two goals and earned the penalty for Neymar.