Joaquin Correa of Argentina and Fabio de Lima of the UAE battle for the ball
Enzo Fernandez of Argentina and Abdulaziz Haikal of the UAE fight for the ball
Lisandro Martinez of Argentina and Caio of the UAE
Messi misses from a free kick
Messi and Shaheen Al Maazmi of the UAE
Juan Foyth of Argentina and Harib Abdalla of the UAE during the friendly
Messi's missed free kick
Julien Alvarez scores for Argentina
Angel Di Maria celebrates after scoring for Argentina in their 5-0 friendly win over the UAE in Abu Dhabi
Lionel Messi scores for Argentina in a friendly against the UAE at the Mohamed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday night. All photos: Chris Whiteoak / The National
Fans before the match in Abu Dhabi
Di Maria scores his second for Argentina
Messi celebrates with his Argentina teammates
Messi of Argentina and the UAE's Khalifa Al Hammadi
A Messi fan before the match
Messi under pressure from Al Hammadi
Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni
Al Maazmi hot on Messi's tail
Di Maria after scoring for Argentina.
Messi on the attack
The UAE's Abdalla Ramadan is challenged by Alexis Mac Allister of Argentina