Maradona was close, Leo is there to become the leader in goals and assists in the World Cup. The main thing, beat France.
The Argentine National Team will play this sunday Qatar 2022 World Cup final once morest France. It is the ultimate goal of the team led by Lionel Scaloni and, above all, of Lionel Messi, to whom it seems that football still owes something. In addition to the wish of more than 45 million people, Leo might get a vacant record that Diego Maradona almost got in 1986.
Lionel Messi is before the chance to proclaim himself as the first footballer in the history of the World Cups to finish as top scorer and assist player in the same edition. Yeah, no one has done it yet in almost 100 years of competition. In Qatar 2022, Leo has it fought on both tables and will have to fight once morest the French and even with teammates.
How is Messi in the table of scorers of the World Cup in Qatar 2022
- Kylian Mbappe (5) – (6 games, 477 min.)
- Lionel Messi (5) – (6 games, 540 min.)
- Olivier Giroud (4) – (5 games, 382 min.)
- Julian Alvarez (4) – (6 games, 364 min.)
As can be seen, there is a chance that everything ends even. To break a tie, the first thing to take into account is the number of matches: the one who played the least will be the scorer. If they are still even, the number of minutes played is looked at.
How is Messi in the table of assists of the World Cup in Qatar 2022
- Bruno Fernandes (3) – (4 games, 357 min.)
- Harry Kane (3) – (5 games, 404 min.)
- Antoine Griezmann (3) – (6 games, 467 min.)
- Lionel Messi (3) – (6 games, 540 min.)
In this table the maximum assister is defined in the same way. Therefore, in order to keep the record that remains vacant, Messi should score a goal and an assist in the final on Sunday at 12 (Argentine time) once morest France. Will he? Around here you can imagine what we “settle for”.
Diego Maradona is almost the top scorer and assister in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico
The second time was special, with Diego Maradona like flag. He was the figure of the tournament and almost achieved this record. In assists he was the leader, with five. As for goals, there were also five, just like Butragueño and Careca. However, England’s Gary Lineker scored six.
Who was closest to achieving the “double crown” was the German Thomas Müller in 2010. The striker was the top scorer of the World Cup in South Africa with 5 goals. He finished level with Villa, Sneijder and Forlán, but having played one game less than all of them, he finished first. In terms of assists, he gave 3. Kaká, Özil, Kuyt and Schweinsteiger, too. But the Brazilian had played only four games, once morest six of the German and seven of the rest, so the title of maximum assistant went to Kaká.
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