Inside Argentina's wild World Cup dressing room celebrations as Messi dances with £8m check

The striker, who scored twice in the game and took a compound penalty in the shootout, revealed after the match that he would not retire from international football. Earlier in the tournament, he said it would be his last World Cup.

Messi should continue to play in qualifying. "I will not retire. I want to continue playing as a World Cup champion," he told TyC Sports.

"It's the most beautiful thing ever. Look what it is, it's beautiful, I wanted it very much. God was going to give it to me, I had a feeling that this was it, we have suffered a lot, but we have it.

"Obviously I wanted to end my career with that, I can't ask for anything more. Thank God he gave me everything. To almost end my career like that, it's impressive."