3 - Lionel Messi is the second player to feature in three different FIFA World Cup finals (after Brazil's Cafu), while at 39 years old he's the oldest outfield player to ever play in the showpiece.
Legacy.
2 - 19-year-old Lamine Yamal is the first player to have played in both a UEFA European Championship final and a FIFA World Cup final as a teenager.
Kicks.
7 - Michael Olise a délivré sept assists sur cette Coupe du Monde 2026, battant le record de Pelé (6 en 1970) depuis qu’Opta analyse la compétition (1966).
Cinq de ces assists ont été à destination de Kylian Mbappé, record pour un joueur vers un autre sur la période.
Connexion.
7 - Jude Bellingham’s seven goals are the outright most ever by an England player at a single FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championship tournament.
Heroic.
3 - Bukayo Saka is the second @England player to score a hat-trick in a FIFA World Cup knockout stage match after Sir Geoff Hurst in the 1966 final.
Delightful.
10 - Kylian Mbappé is only the fourth player in history to score 10 or more goals at a single World Cup, and the first to achieve the feat in 56 years
🇭🇺 Sándor Kocsis: 11 goals (1954)
🇫🇷 Just Fontaine: 13 goals (1958)
🇩🇪 Gerd Müller: 10 goals (1970)
🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé: 10 goals (2026)
Iconic.
64 - The third-place play-off between France 🇫🇷 and England 🏴 was the first World Cup match to see both teams score 4+ goals in 64 years, since a 4-4 between the Soviet Union and Colombia in 1962.
It was also the highest-scoring game at the tournament since Hungary beat El Salvador 10-1 in 1982.
Madness.
2 - The only two players in the last 60 years to have the most shots and create the most chances in a FIFA World Cup:
1986 🇦🇷 Diego Maradona (29 shots, 30 chances created)
2026 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi (34 shots, 25 chances created)
Conductors.
13 - 🇦🇷 Alexis Mac Allister has played in more @FIFAWorldCup matches without losing than anyone in the competition's history (13).
11 wins
2 draws (both won on penalties)
0 losses
Invincible.
13 - 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi has now scored or assisted in 13 consecutive matches for club and country.
At 39 years of age, this is the second longest streak of his entire career, after a 14-game run (ending in 2011).
Astonishing.
7 - England have been eliminated every time they have faced a top 10 ranked nation in the knockout stages of the FIFA World Cup since 1998 (7/7).
Obstacle.
12% - Average possession between Anthony Gordon's opener and Lautaro Martínez's winner (55th to 92nd minute):
12% - 🏴 England
88% - 🇦🇷 Argentina
Trapped.
9 & 2 - Lionel Messi completed nine dribbles and assisted two goals against England - the first player on record (from 1966) to do so in a single FIFA World Cup knockout game.
Catalyst.
6 - Spain are the first team in FIFA World Cup history to keep six clean sheets at a single edition – the xG figure they faced today against France (0.3) was the lowest by a nation in a semi-final tie in the competition since Brazil vs Sweden in 1994 (0.1).
Shutdown.
12 - Lamine Yamal has started 12 games at the FIFA World Cup and UEFA EUROs combined ending on the winning side in all 12 – the best 100%-win rate of any European player across the two competitions when starting.
Charm.
23 - Aged 23y 12d, Jude Bellingham is the second-youngest player to score 2+ goals in successive FIFA World Cup knockout stage games behind only Pelé in 1958 (17y 249d).
Talisman.