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Messi makes history, breaks all-time World Cup scoring record  Kylian Mbappé was, in his coach’s words
record sixth World Cup appearance ends in disappointment [The 41-year-old](/sports/2026/6/16/ronaldos-last-dance-as-portugal-face-dr-congo-in-world-cup) became one of only two players, alongside Lionel Messi, to feature in six World Cups, but he was unable to find
break Lineker's England record Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Harry Kane has scored 81 goals in 115 games for England After watching Messi, Haaland and Mbappe
scoring the 117th international goal of his career. With his World Cup status seemingly certain, Messi is set to set a record this month [alongside Cristiano Ronaldo](/sports/2026/6/4/ronaldo-messi-at-world-cup-who-else-is-playing-their-final-tournament) when he appears in his sixth career
World Cup (3.09 goals per games) is exceeding the scoring rate from Qatar four years (2.69 goals per game), with that tournament played in December to mitigate the soaring summer temperatures in the Middle East
breaking 17 World Cup goals **When Lionel Messi swept home a trademark left-footed curler in Argentina's second World Cup match against Austria, he was not just getting his team off to a strong
Cup in the March international break, Gyokeres looked a player transformed. Having scored only five league goals by the middle of January, he now has 14 - and 21 in all competitions. ## Stories of the season
scored 116 goals in 198 appearances for Argentina. “Obviously, we would have preferred that nothing had happened,” Scaloni told Argentinian TV station DSports on Tuesday. “Now one has to wait and see how it evolves
Messi?” ## Statement start The Saudi chant might have also been a jibe at Spain’s lacklustre display in their opening match of the World Cup against debutants Cape Verde, who held the European champions
record of getting to finals and giving young players the stage to make a name for themselves - at past tournaments it was Breel Embolo and Dan Ndoye. Now it could be Manzambi's turn. Some
breaks, which have been introduced by Fifa to help with the summer heat. There are no penalty shootouts in the group stage to determine the winner of a match. After the group stage
breaks down some key metrics to determine who has more star power heading into football’s global showpiece: ## 1. Which player is selling out the World Cup 2026 matches? **⚽ Advantage: Messi** Tickets to Messi
break that streak although perhaps only two of those players have a realistic shot at making history. Kylian Mbappe, Harry Kane and James Rodriguez are all looking to bag the top goal-scorer prize
record in qualifying - Ecuador only shipped five in 18 games in the South American section, and Ivory Coast did not concede any in 10 matches in their African group. The obvious prediction, then