A round-up of Tuesday's international friendlies, with England's World Cup opponents Panama in action, while there was another hat-trick for Lionel Messi...
Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick to power Argentina to a 4-0 victory in their World Cup warm-up match against Haiti - and said lifting the World Cup would be the nation's "dream".
The Barcelona forward fired home a penalty to open the scoring after 17 minutes, before taking his second 12 minutes into the second half.
Messi completed the treble - and scored his 64th international goal - with a tap-in past Haiti keeper Johny Placide after 65 minutes.
Two minutes later, Sergio Aguero rounded off the scoring, driving the ball into the bottom left-hand corner following a pass from Messi.
It was a convincing - if not surprising - win for a team ranked fifth in the world, 103 places above their opponents.
Nevertheless, the victory will boost fans' hopes that Messi can lead two-time champions Argentina to glory in Russia.
Argentina World Cup 2018 profile: Ones to watch, best bets and more
Argentina manager Jorge Sampaoli said the team still had some improvements to make ahead of the tournament, but added that his side had proved their dominance against Haiti.
The team will now head to Barcelona for a training camp before a final warm-up match against Israel next month.
Lionel Messi
"I have no doubt that we are going to grow. We have time. The World Cup is our dream, the dream of the country. We're going to leave everything in the World Cup."
Northern Ireland were unable to spoil Panama's World Cup send-off party as the hosts drew with another home nation ahead of facing England in Russia next month.
Having drawn 1-1 with Wales in November, Los Canaleros held a strong Northern Irish side to a 0-0 draw on a hot and sticky night in Panama City.
Michael O'Neill handed debuts to three players, all from the bench, and his team were fortunate that Edgar Joel Barcenas' first-half header came back off the crossbar on an evening of celebration for the Panamanians ahead of their first World Cup.
Michael O'Neill:
"The conditions we were playing in were incredible. For the players to have to come at this stage of their season, with the level of preparation we've had, you can't ask for anymore - their heart, their desire. Years ago Northern Ireland used to come to places like this, lose the game and it didn't really matter. It matters to the players now, they don't want to be beaten."
A makeshift and inexperienced Scotland side were beaten but not disgraced in their 2-0 loss to World Cup-bound Peru at the frenzied Estadio Nacional in Lima.
It was all going pretty well for Alex McLeish's men until the 37th minute when Christian Cueva scored from the spot after defender Scott McKenna had handled in the penalty area.
Lokomotiv Moscow's Jefferson Farfan (below) made it 2-0 from close range in the 47th minute with Millwall keeper Jordan Archer, one of four starting debutants, looking culpable again after his misjudgement had led to the earlier penalty.
Peru are on the way to the World Cup for the first time in 36 years and in front of 40,000 exuberant home fans Ricardo Gareca's side, ranked 11th in the world, threatened to impose more damage.
However, the Scots steadied themselves and looked solid enough while ending the night with seven new faces having made their first appearances for the national team.
Peru World Cup 2018 profile: Ones to watch, best bets and more
