📹 Messi, Mbappé and Haaland break 72-year World Cup mark, see table | OneFootball

Monday (22) ended with Norway’s 3-2 win over Senegal in the second round of the group stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Haaland (twice) and Pedersen scored for the Nordic side, while Ismaila Sarr found the net (twice) for the African team.

Earlier, France beat Iraq 3-0, with two goals from Mbappé and another from Dembélé.

As a result, France and Norway mathematically secured their places in the next round of the World Cup (round of 32) in advance.

In the first match of the day, Argentina defeated Austria 2-0, with two goals from Messi, and also advanced.

The result meant that the Albiceleste’s iconic No. 10 became the outright top scorer in World Cup history with 18 goals.

Mbappé, meanwhile, is right behind him with 16 goals (joint second-highest scorer alongside Miroslav Klose).

That means Messi (5 goals), Mbappé (4 goals) and Haaland (4 goals) broke a mark that had stood for 72 years at the World Cup.

In the tournament’s entire history, only at the 1954 World Cup had three players scored four or more goals in the first two matches.

The men responsible for that feat seven decades ago were Sándor Kocsis (Hungary), Erich Probst (Austria) and Max Morlock (West Germany).

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