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[Score 90 @Score90_]

Lionel Messi is now the clear favourite to win the award, while Mbappé is out of the race. 🇦🇷📈

[DAZN Football @DAZNFootball]

At 39 years of age, Lionel Messi is having a BETTER 2026 World Cup campaign statistically compared to 2022 🇦🇷🤯

#FIFAWorldCup | #WorldCup | #Argentina | #Messi

[Kalshi Sports @KalshiSports]

🚨 STAT: Crazy how Argentina completed more accurate passes than Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. 😳

[LiveScore @livescore]

Lionel Messi has emerged as the Ballon d'Or favourite after last night's display 👀 🇦🇷

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: The match officials for France vs. Morocco are all Argentines.

This is the first game in the entirety of the World Cup that all 5 officials are from one country.

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

Argentina has never won a World Cup match when trailing at halftime (0-1-9).

On the brink...

[FIFA World Cup Stats @alimo_philip]

🇪🇬 MOSTAFA SHOBEIR is a WORLD CUP HERO!

🧤 Two penalty saves in his debut tournament:
✅ vs Taremi
✅ vs Messi

🔥 The Egyptian keeper has etched his name into history as the FOURTH goalkeeper EVER to save TWO penalties (outside shootouts) in a single World Cup:

1️⃣ 🇵🇱 Tomaszewski (1974)
2️⃣ 🇺🇸 Friedel (2002)
3️⃣ 🇵🇱 Szczęsny (2022)
🆕 🇪🇬 SHOBEIR (2026)

🧱 Egypt’s wall. What a tournament!

[FIFA World Cup Stats @alimo_philip]

🇦🇷 Argentina 8 (2022-2026) — the HIGHEST number of penalties awarded to ANY nation in a 12-match World Cup span in tournament history

1️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spain—7 (1998-2010)
2️⃣ 🇳🇱 Netherlands—7 (1938-1978)
3️⃣ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England—6 (2018-2026)
4️⃣ 🇵🇹 Portugal—6 (1966-2006)
5️⃣ 🇨🇿 Czechia—6 (1962-1990)
6️⃣ 🇷🇺 Russia—6 (1982-2002)

🎯 Top penalty takers in World Cup history (excluding shootouts):

1️⃣ 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi 8 → 4✅ 4❌
2️⃣ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Kane 7 → 6✅ 1❌
3️⃣ 🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo 5 → 4✅ 1❌
4️⃣ 🇦🇷 Batistuta 4 → 4✅
5️⃣ 🇵🇹 Eusébio 4 → 4✅
6️⃣ 🇳🇱 Rensenbrink 4 → 4✅

[FIFA World Cup Stats @alimo_philip]

🇦🇷 LIONEL MESSI IS A PENALTY MAGNET at the World Cup

🎯 8 penalties in 2,679 minutes = 1 every 335’

📊 Among the 27 nations with 2,500+ minutes played, only one team tops him…

🇵🇹 Portugal — 1 every 330’
🇦🇷 LIONEL MESSI — 1 every 335’
🇪🇸 Spain — 1 every 373’
🇨🇿 Czechia — 1 every 420’
🇲🇽 Mexico — 1 every 424’
🇫🇷 France — 1 every 427’

🇦🇷 Without Messi? Argentina drops to 1 every 546’ (11 pens / 6,006’)

📉 Difference: They earn a penalty 211 minutes faster with Leo on the pitch.

🐐 The GOAT effect is undeniable

[FIFA World Cup Stats @alimo_philip]

🇪🇬 EGYPT LEAD ARGENTINA!!!

🏟️ History in the making — Argentina are now only the THIRD South American team to trail an African side in a World Cup knockout.

🇨🇴 Colombia 1990 vs Cameroon: knocked out
🇺🇾 Uruguay 2010 vs Ghana: came back and advanced

[WhoScored @WhoScored]

👥 The most aerial wins in the first half of Argentina vs Egypt:

Cristian Romero - 3
Nahuel Molina - 1
Nicolás Tagliafico -1
Julián Alvarez - 1
Egypt - 1

[Guinness World Records @GWR]

Lionel Messi has missed four penalties at FIFA World Cup's, not including shoot-outs.

Twice as many as any other player 😬

[FIFA World Cup Stats @alimo_philip]

🤯 LIONEL MESSI HAS NOW MISSED HALF OF HIS WORLD CUP PENALTIES

❌ Iceland 2018
⚽ Saudi Arabia 2022
❌ Poland 2022
⚽ Netherlands 2022
⚽ Croatia 2022
⚽ France 2022
❌ Austria 2026
❌ Egypt 2026

🇦🇷 He is now the FIRST player in World Cup history to miss TWO penalties in a single tournament excluding shootouts.

📊 All-time most missed World Cup penalties outside shootouts:
1️⃣ 🇦🇷 Leo Messi—4
2️⃣ 🇬🇭 Asamoah Gyan—2

👊 No one else has more than 1.

[LiveScore @livescore]

World Cup penalties continue to haunt Lionel Messi 😵

[Polymarket Sports @PolymarketSport]

🚨FACT: Lionel Messi has missed the most penalties in World Cup history (4)

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨 Lionel Messi has missed 24 penalties since 2009/10.

Only Cristiano Ronaldo has missed more (25).

— @WhoScored

[WhoScored @WhoScored]

Cristiano Ronaldo had the fewest touches (12) of any player in the first half vs Spain. 📊😬

[Guinness World Records @GWR]

Spain have now surpassed the previous record for the longest time without conceding at the FIFA World Cup 🇪🇸

[Score 90 @Score90_]

After scoring 7 goals before the quarter-finals, Haaland, Mbappé and Messi have a chance of breaking the all-time record for the most goals scored at a single World Cup. 🐐🏆

[433 @433]

𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐆𝐀𝐋 🇵🇹 𝐕𝐒 𝐒𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐍 🇪🇸 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘 😍🍿

Only one can reach the quarter-finals...

Will this be Cristiano Ronaldo's last World Cup game, or will he and Portugal eliminate Spain? 👀

𝗪𝗛𝗢’𝗩𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗚𝗢𝗧? 🤔