๐จ David Alaba Reveals what the coach told him to do about Messi:
๐ฃ๏ธ Before the match the coach came to me and said he's having a second thoughts on his plan to stop Messi and he asked me to use my experience to do that for the team and for him.
But i told him that's not possible, then he asked why and i told him with my experience, they don't stop Messi and if he finds out, you provoke him and he can end your career for that and I'm not ready to stop playing now.
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These are just some of his records for Argentina and at the World Cup:
๐ฅ All-time World Cup top scorer (17)
๐ฅ Most goal contributions in World Cup history (23)
๐ฅ Scored in the most World Cup games (13)
๐ฅ Most World Cup games won (18)
๐ฅ Most World Cup Player of the Match awards (12)
๐ฅ Most opening goals at the World Cup (10)
๐ฅ Most goals from outside the box at the World Cup (5)
๐ฅ Scored in the most different World Cup editions (5)
๐ฅ Oldest player to score a World Cup brace (38)
๐ฅ Oldest player to score a World Cup hat-trick (38)
๐ฅ Most international hat-tricks (11)
๐ฅ Only player to win the World Cup Golden Ball twice
๐ฅ Oldest player to win the World Cup Golden Ball (35)
๐ฅ Most POTM awards in a single World Cup (5)
๐ฅ Only player ever to win a Player of the Match in every round of a World Cup
๐ฅ Youngest and oldest player to both score and assist in a World Cup game
๐ฅ Most World Cup appearances (28)
๐ฅ Most World Cup appearances as captain (20)
๐ฅ Most minutes played at the World Cup (2393)
๐ฅ Argentina's all time topscorer (121)
๐ฅ Most appearances for Argentina (201)
๐ฅ Argentina's all time assister (61)
๐ฅ Most international assists in football history (61)
๐ฅ Most Ballon dโOr awards (8)
๐ฅ Most FIFA Player of the Year awards (8)
๐ฅ Most consecutive Ballon dโOr awards (4)
๐ฅ Most Best Player awards in major international tournaments (4)
๐ฅ Most individual awards in major international tournaments (6)
๐ฅ Only player to score 50+ goals in 9 different calendar years for club and country
๐ฅ Only player to score in 7 different competitions in a calendar year for club and country
๐ฅ Most goals in major international tournaments (30)
๐ฅ Most goal contributions in major international tournaments (56)
๐ฅ Most assists in major international tournaments (26)
And we havenโt even started talking about his club records yetโฆ ๐คฏ
Messi against Algeria:
โช๏ธ Became the World Cup top scorer
โช๏ธ Surpassed R9, Gerd Mรผller, Pelรฉ and Mbappรฉ in World Cup goals
โช๏ธ Became Argentina's oldest World Cup scorer
โช๏ธ Became the oldest player to score a brace at the World Cup
โช๏ธ Became the oldest player to score a hat-trick at the World Cup
โช๏ธ Became the player with the most goal contributions at the World Cup (24)
โช๏ธ Equalled the record for most goals scored from outside the box at the World Cup (5)
โช๏ธ Became the player with goals in the most different World Cup games (12)
โช๏ธ Equalled Cristiano Ronaldo's record of scoring at 5 different World Cups
โช๏ธ Became the first Argentine to score in 5 different World Cups
โช๏ธ Became the 4th Argentine with a World Cup hat-trick
โช๏ธ Scored his 10th World Cup goal since turning 35
โช๏ธ Has now scored against the most different countries at the World Cup (11)
โช๏ธ Became the third player ever to reach 200 appearances for his country
โช๏ธ Became the first player ever to play in six World Cups
A few records more in the history books ๐
๐จ Maxence Lacroix has decided to pay for pizzas for everyone watching France's World Cup matches in his hometown. ๐๐ซ๐ท
๐ฃ๏ธ The mayor of Ajat, a village of around 300 residents: "Maxence suggested to his mother that he would provide pizzas for us on every match night. It says a lot about his character and how attached he remains to the community."
A real class act. ๐โค๏ธ๐ซ๐ท
(Source: L'รquipe)
Throwback to when Eden Hazard scored one of the greatest penalties ever vs Ederson in the 2019 League Cup Final ๐ฅถโจ
What a joy Eden Hazard was. Easily the best on the eye after Messi. Others kick the ball, he caresses it.
Yves Bissouma wants his son to grow up and play for Mali.. ๐ฒ๐ฑ
His son isn't having any of it and wants to play for England. ๐โค๏ธ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ