Lionel Messi is having an absolutely successful World Cup run after leading the Argentine team to victory against Austria. Lionel Messi scored both goals for Argentina against Austria. Once again, while the 2-0 win is being celebrated, Lionel Messi’s record-breaking run continued as he became the all-time World Cup leading scorer with his 17th and 18th goals, surpassing Germany’s Miroslav Klose.
After the first match against Algeria, Messi had successfully defeated his opponents with a historic hat-trick and, at the same time, tied Germany’s Miroslav Klose, who became the all-time World Cup leading scorer in 2014 and held the title for almost 10 years, specifically eight years.
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Can Mbappé Catch Messi’s New World Cup Goals Record?
France’s Kylian Mbappé is not so far behind and is also having an impressive run so far. Thanks to a stellar performance in France vs. Iraq, Kylian Mbappé scored his 15th World Cup goal, tying with Ronaldo Nazário (Brazil) for the third-most goals in World Cup history. With such momentum, it’s safe to assume the midfielder has pretty good chances of tying or dethroning Lionel Messi as the all-time World Cup leading scorer. Moreover, by scoring his 15th goal, Kylian Mbappé surpassed Gerd Müller of Germany, who had 14 goals and is one goal short of tying with Germany’s Miroslav Klose, who has 16 goals.
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