๐ | Oh yeah, the assist record is his too
Most assists at the World Cup since 1966:
๐ฅ 9 โ Lionel Messi ๐
๐ฅ 8 โ Diego Maradona
๐ฅ 7 โ Grzegorz Lato, Pierre Littbarski
He has now recorded 30 goal involvements (21 โฝ๏ธ & 9 ๐ ฐ๏ธ) in 31 career World Cup appearances. ๐คฏ
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๐ | Just G.O.A.T. things
There have only been two instances of a player recording 5+ key passes and 5+ successful dribbles in a World Cup knockout stage match across the last four tournaments:
๐ฆ๐ท Lionel Messi v Switzerland (2014)
๐ฆ๐ท Lionel Messi v Egypt (2026) ๐
The only other player with two such performances in a World Cup knockout stage match since 1966? None other than Diego Maradona. ๐
๐ฆ๐ท Lionel Messi at the 2026 World Cup so far:
๐ฅ Most goals (8)
๐ฅ Most shots (29)
๐ฅ Most shots on target (17)
๐ฅ Most big chances created (6)
๐ฅ Best xG overperformance (+3.34)
๐ฅ Highest WhoScored rating (9.06)
=๐ฅ Most goal involvements (9)
=๐ฅ Most through balls attempted (11)
Argentina were 2-0 down and heading out. They have lost all 13 of their previous World Cup games when trailing by at least two goals.
Then Lionel Messi took charge. He now has the most assists in World Cup history (9) and extended his record goal total (21) to make it 2-2.