Argentina tried to score before the paperwork loaded
Argentina beat Algeria 3-0 in Group J, but the match opened with the stupidest possible admin problem: early efforts from Lionel Messi and Fares Chaibi were both ruled out for offside. Then Messi scored at 17', 60', and 76', completing a hat-trick that tied Miroslav Klose's all-time FIFA World Cup record of 16 goals.
This episode treats the opening offside calls as the Ghost Goal Committee accidentally rejecting the beta version of Messi, before approving the notarized hat-trick build.
X caption draft: Can you score a hat-trick if the first version of you was offside...? Asking for the paperwork department.