Messi is first to notch seven goals for the tournament in North America after opening the scoring against Cape Verde with a stunning finish.
The 39-year-old kicked off his sixth and surely last World Cup with a stunning hat-trick against Algeria that saw him tie the previous record, having escaped an early red card for a bad challenge.
He’s still got it: Lionel Messi continues to shatter major World Cup records
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But his countryman Mbappe added to his tally on Wednesday with a tidy brace as Les Bleus dumped Sweden out of the World Cup and now leads the race by virtue of…
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