Argentina talisman Lionel Messi gained 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 have been instituted in 2022.
Messi, who scored his third aim on the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup through the Round of 16 match towards Australia, overtook Ronaldo on yet one more entrance in the identical sport. The PSG ahead, having scored his ninth total World Cup aim, went previous Ronaldo’s eight.
Messi, who opened Argentina’s account within the sport towards 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 prime 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 gained’t be capable to add to his tally as La Tri have been eradicated. Ronaldo has scored just one aim on this version of the match.