Lionel Messi rewrote the World Cup record books on Monday (Jun 22), becoming the tournament's all-time leading scorer with both goals in Argentina's 2-0 victory over Austria that secured the holders' passage to the last 32.

Messi took his World Cup tally to 18 goals when he netted in the 38th and 95th minutes, despite an earlier stumble from the penalty spot, as Argentina secured their second win to move on to six points in Group J.

His first strike took him past Germany's Miroslav Klose as the all-time leading scorer in men's World Cup history and his second ensured he moved beyond Marta's 17 goals in the women's tournament, which had stood as the overall record.

"We've already given people several joys, but we'll try to give them more," said Messi. "The important thing is the qualification, winning all the matches is always in our plans.

"This whole group lives this with a lot of happiness. When we get together, we enjoy being together, competing, training, the day-to-day, and seeing the people like this."

The Inter Miami playmaker, who will celebrate his 39th birthday on Wednesday, showed few signs of slowing down when he claimed his fourth and fifth goals in two matches so far at the finals.