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Argentina captain, Lionel Messi, broke at least four records as they beat Austria 2-0 in their second Group H fixture at the 2026 World Cup.
This was confirmed by the Guiness World Records in a tweet on Monday night.
Messi got the two goals as the current holders qualified for the knockouts of the competition.
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The tweet read: “All the records broken by Lionel Messi today:
“Most FIFA World Cup finals goals by a football (soccer) player – 18
“Most FIFA World Cup matches played in by an individual – 28
“Most matches won by a player at the football (soccer) FIFA World Cup – 18
“Most minutes played in the football (soccer) FIFA World Cup – 2,489
“We are witnessing history.”
Argentina will face Jordan in their last group fixture.
Brazil President, Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva, has joked that Neymar is “the first player in the world to be called up to the national side and be working remotely.”
The 80-year-old was speaking during a ceremony at a hospital in the southeast city of Belo Horizonte.
Neymar only returned to training with the squad this week after recovering from a calf injury.
The 34-year-old, who is Brazil’s record goalscorer with 79 goals, missed the opening 1-1 draw with Morocco.
He has also been omitted by coach Carlo Ancelotti from the squad for their second group game against Haiti on Saturday.
“Neymar? He is not even playing!” Lula replied to a young boy when he mentioned Neymar’s name.
“Neymar is the first player to be called up (to the national team) who is working remotely.”
Iran’s soccer federation has accused the United States of “vindictive behavior” after saying that visas were refused for “key managerial and administrative members” of its World Cup team.
The Iran Football Federation’s secretary-general, Hedayat Mombeini, and its vice president, Mehdi Mohammad Nabi, were among 14 backroom staff and officials without U.S. visas before games in Los Angeles and Seattle, according to Iranian state television.
It was unclear whether the federation’s president, Mehdi Taj, had been issued a visa.
Iran’s team set off from Turkey for its training base in Mexico on Saturday before three group matches in the United States later this month. Officials who have been denied visas were due to travel to Mexico while efforts continued to obtain them, Iranian news agency Tasnim reported.
