<!--Article Start--> <h3 style="text-align: justify"><strong>Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero stole the show as Argentina warmed up for the start of World Cup qualifying next month with a 7-0 thrashing of Bolivia on Friday. </strong></h3> <p style="text-align: justify">Aguero scored twice and set up two more for Ezequiel Lavezzi in a one-sided victory at Houston's BBVA Compass Stadium as Messi grabbed a quickfire double after coming on as a second half substitute. Angel Correa added the seventh.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">It was Argentina's first match since their agonizing Copa America final defeat to Chile in July, when Gerardo Martino's men failed to end their 22-year wait for a major title.</p> <h3 style="text-align: justify"><strong>Aguero scored two and assisted two </strong> . </h3> <p style="text-align: justify">With Barcelona star Messi left on the bench in the first half, it was left to Manchester City striker Aguero to stamp his authority on proceedings.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Aguero created the first goal for Paris Saint-Germain's Lavezzi after only six minutes, lofting a superb pass into the path of the midfielder who controlled well and rifled home.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Better was to follow just after the half hour mark, when Aguero opened his account for the evening with a sublime angled chip over Bolivia goalkeeper Daniel Vaca to make it 2-0.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">The in-form Lavezzi then grabbed Argentina's third in the 41st when a quickly taken free-kick caught Bolivia's defenders napping. Aguero weaved his way to the edge of the area and then slipped in Lavezzi, who finished for 3-0.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">The onslaught continued early in the second half, Aguero latching onto a perfectly weighted pass from Lavezzi to dink in his second of the evening over the hapless Vaca for 4-0.</p> <h3 style="text-align: justify"><strong>Bolivia were the only South American nation against whom Messi had not scored</strong></h3> <a href="http://www.thehardtackle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/04811665.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-183122" src="http://www.thehardtackle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/04811665-1024x533.jpg" alt="ARGENTINA VS JAMAICA" width="1024" height="533" /></a> <p style="text-align: justify">Martino waited until the 65th minute to give Messi a chance to get in on the goalscoring action, and the diminutive superstar did not have long to wait, heading home just two minutes after coming on as a substitute.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">The goal saw Messi complete a goalscoring full house against South American opposition; previously Bolivia were the only country from the region the superstar had failed to score against.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Messi grabbed his second 15 minutes from time, pouncing on another wonderful pass by Aguero and rounding Vaca to make it 6-0. With Bolivia's defence being pierced at will by Argentina, few would have bet against Messi completing a hat-trick.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">However it was Correa who scored next, finishing off an assist from Matias Kranevitter.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Argentina, who face Mexico in Tuesday in a further friendly in Texas, open their World Cup qualifiers against Ecuador next month.</p> <p style="text-align: justify"><strong>By AFP</strong></p> <!--Article End-->