Lionel Messi: 18 years and 357 days old
Lamine Yamal: 18 years and 343 days old
Lamine Yamal scored his first World Cup goal at just 14 days younger than Messi was when he scored his first 😮
Lionel Messi's Argentina shirt at this World Cup is iconic for several reasons...
🏆 FIFA World Champions badge - celebrating Argentina's 2022 victory
🌎 Golden 2026 World Cup badge - only for the reigning World Champions
🐐 Legacy patch - only for players who have been to 5+ World Cups
⚽️ Golden Ball patch - only for players who have been player of the tournament
🚨🎙️🗣️| RODRIGO DE PAUL: “When we won the World Cup, a week later I received a golden iPhone. I didn’t know who had sent it. Then Otamendi called me and told me: ‘I received a golden iPhone.’ I said: ‘Me too.’ But we didn’t know the source. I found out that all the players received it, but from an unknown source.”
“Suddenly, Leo sent me a message saying: ‘I hope you like the phone. You are golden players and you deserve the best. This is a simple gift for you as a token of gratitude for what you’ve done for your country and for me. You are soldiers. All the Argentine players received this message, and with great joy, no one used the phone; instead, each one carefully placed it on the wall as a memento. And what a memento. We are lucky to have a leader like him.”
— @MotivacionesF
Koulibaly 🗣️: “ I will never forget that day. In the tunnel before the match, I shyly asked Leo if we could swap shirts later. He smiled gently and said ‘OK’.”
“But after the final whistle, the pitch was so crowded, and Leo quickly went inside. I went back to our dressing room feeling a bit sad, thinking: ‘He is a massive superstar, he probably just forgot about me’.”
“Suddenly, the door to our dressing room opened, and everyone went completely quiet. It was Messi. He walked straight up to me, handed me his shirt, gave me a warm hug, Then he smiled and walked away.”
“The greatest player in the world came all the way to our dressing room just to keep a simple promise to me. That is pure class.”
Messi against Algeria:
▪️ Became the World Cup top scorer
▪️ Surpassed R9, Gerd Müller, Pelé and Mbappé in World Cup goals
▪️ Became Argentina's oldest World Cup scorer
▪️ Became the oldest player to score a brace at the World Cup
▪️ Became the oldest player to score a hat-trick at the World Cup
▪️ Became the player with the most goal contributions at the World Cup (24)
▪️ Equalled the record for most goals scored from outside the box at the World Cup (5)
▪️ Became the player with goals in the most different World Cup games (12)
▪️ Equalled Cristiano Ronaldo's record of scoring at 5 different World Cups
▪️ Became the first Argentine to score in 5 different World Cups
▪️ Became the 4th Argentine with a World Cup hat-trick
▪️ Scored his 10th World Cup goal since turning 35
▪️ Has now scored against the most different countries at the World Cup (11)
▪️ Became the third player ever to reach 200 appearances for his country
▪️ Became the first player ever to play in six World Cups
A few records more in the history books 😅
Arsenal have set the record for the lowest possession percentage for a team playing in a Champions League final (since records began in 2003-04).
The previous lowest record was also Arsenal, set in the 2006 Champions League final, which they played 72 minutes with 10 men.