Lionel Messi, with an encore in the final, climbed this Sunday to fourth place in the “ranking” of the best scorers of the World Cup, overtaking the Brazilian Pelé, who was equaled by the Frenchman Kylian Mbappe, with a “hat-trick”. .
In what would have been his farewell to the competition, Messi scored 13 goals in World Cups, in game 26 – breaking Germany’s Lothar Matthäus record of 25 goals – when he scored in the 23rd minute from a penalty kick, and already in extra time , at 108.
With two goals, the Argentine finished the 2022 edition with seven, scoring just six in his first four matches: one in 2006, none in 2010, four in 2014 en route to his first final, lost and one in 2018.
In the scorer chart, Messi is tied with France’s Just Fontaine, who scored his 13 goals in 1958, just behind Germans Miroslav Klose (16) and Gerd Müller (14) and Brazil’s Ronaldo, who sits between the two Germans (15).
In 2022, the Argentine Top 10 won on their debut on penalties in a 2-1 defeat against Saudi Arabia, and in the second game scored and assisted Mexico (2-0) to end of the group, with Poland (2- 0), missed the penalty, still 0-0.
In the 1/8 finals, Messi opened the scoring against Australia (2:1), in the “quarter” he scored against the Netherlands (4:3 on penalties, after 2:2 in the 120th minute), from the penalty spot, and in “socks” ( 3-0 to Croatia) converted a penalty and again provided an assist.
On Sunday in the final against France (4-2 on penalties, after 3-3 in the 120th minute), he added his first “double” with another penalty.
Despite scoring seven goals, more than any player in the last four matches, Messi was not the top scorer in Qatar 2022, losing to France’s Kylian Mbappe, who scored a “hat-trick” in the final with goals of 80, 81 and 118 minutes, first and last penalty conversion.
With three goals, Mbappe added eight goals in 2022, equaling the record of Brazilian Ronaldo in 2002, who, adding to four goals in 2018, put him at 12 in World Cups in 14 games, equaling sixth place with the “king”. ‘ Pele, the only three-time world champion.
In 2022, the Frenchman scored a goal against Australia (4-1) and two against Denmark (2-1), in the group stage two against Poland (3-1), in the 1/8 finals and closed with a cap. -deceive’.
Mbappé was the second to score three goals in a game in the 2022 season, after Portugal’s Gonçalo Ramos, in a 6-1 round of 16 against Switzerland, and also the second to score in a World Cup final.
The young French striker emulated the feat of England’s Jeff Hurst, who scored three of his four goals in the 1966 Wembley Final, two of them in extra time when the home side beat Germany 4-2. However, Mbappe was defeated.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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