Record-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have bagged two sensational individual records in the group stage of the FIFA World Cup 2022.
Lionel Messi became the first Argentina player to score in four editions of the FIFA World Cup. On Sunday, Messi matched Mardona’s feat of 8 goals at the FIFA World Cup.
The talismanic leader of La Albiceleste also equalled Maradona’s record feat by featuring in 21 matches for Argentina at the FIFA World Cup.
rgentina captain Messi is the first men’s player to produce an assist in each of his 5 World Cup campaigns.
The Paris Saint Germain (PSG) superstar is the youngest (18 years 357 days vs Serbia in 2006) and the oldest (35 years 155 days against Mexico) player to both score and assist in a single World Cup game since the 1966 edition of the celebrated tournament. Days before Messi smashed a series of records in Argentina’s crucial 2-0 win over Mexico, former Manchester United superstar Ronaldo achieved a massive feat in Portugal’s FIFA World Cup 2022 opener against Ghana.
Goal machine Ronaldo is the first men’s player to score in 5 World Cup events.
