Argentina talisman Lionel Messi received his eighth Man of the Match award in World Cups on Sunday, going previous Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo, who has seven trophies within the quadrennial showpiece.
Former Dutch footballer Arjen Robben, with six Player of the Match awards, is third on the record. The awards had been instituted in 2022.
Messi, who scored his third purpose on the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup throughout the Round of 16 match in opposition to Australia, overtook Ronaldo on yet one more entrance in the identical recreation. The PSG ahead, having scored his ninth total World Cup purpose, went previous Ronaldo’s eight.
Messi, who opened Argentina’s account within the recreation in opposition to the Socceroos, struck the ball together with his left foot from contained in the field to beat Australian goalkeeper Mathew Ryan. The ball settled into the underside left nook of the web within the thirty fifth minute.
Messi, who has now moved to the very high of the Golden Boot leaderboard, finds himself tied alongside France’s Kylian Mbappe, England ahead Marcus Rashford and Cody Gakpo of the Netherlands. Ecuador skipper Enner Valencia has three targets as effectively however received’t be capable of add to his tally as La Tri have been eradicated. Ronaldo has scored just one purpose on this version of the event.
