Lionel Messi made quite the impact in his return to the Argentina national team. After a brief retirement this summer, the superstar opened the scoring for his nation against Uruguay on Thursday in World Cup qualifying. It came after a fine bit of skill to settle the ball, before shooting on goal and having the ball deflected in.

Take a look:

His magic set up the chance, and his shot looked to be on frame and received a fortunate deflected to find the back of the net. He'll take it, as will his entire country.

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