In a night full of records and achievements for Lionel Messi, here's another that slipped under the radar...
Messi's 3rd was his 8⃣0⃣0⃣th career non-penalty goal, becoming the first player in history to hit that milestone! 🏅✨
🥇 | Indescribable
Lionel Messi at the #FIFAWorldCup since 1966:
• Joint-most goals (16)
• Joint-most assists (8)
• Most goal involvements (24)
• Most goals from outside the box (6)
• Most big chances created (16)
• Most key passes (77)
• Most successful dribbles (112)
We might never see another like him. 🐐
Yeah, never ever tell me again to take Copa America seriously. That tournament is an utter joke. Even worse in quality than the Asia Cup
Btw, Messi is in the goat debate because he gets to stat-pad against these farmers every year. Dfkm 😭😭
🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Steven Gerrard shares his 2026 World Cup predictions!
• Top goalscorer? — "Julian Álvarez."
• Golden Glove? — "Emiliano Martínez."
• Player of the Tournament? — "Lionel Messi."
• Young star? — "Lamine Yamal."
• Shock team? — "Uruguay."
• Winner? — "France."
• Ballon d'Or? — "Harry Kane."
— @tntsports
🚨 Ousmane Dembélé: “Lionel Messi is the best player I’ve ever seen”. 🇦🇷
“He’s 38 but he’s still fantastic, dangerous… his quality never gets old. We have to be all very careful, Leo can still win the World Cup”, told @marca.