Will Lionel Messi, who is in the running for the 2026 FIFA World Cup Golden Boot, overtake the event’s top scorer today, Frenchman Kylian Mbappe?
France’s Kylian Mbappe is the tournament’s top scorer with 10 goals in the current World Cup as his World Cup matches are over.
However, the second place in the competition for the Golden Goal is Lionel Messi with 8 goals, but today’s final match will be an important opportunity to win this competition.
Messi needs three goals in the final today to advance. In the event of a tie on goals, the Golden Boot will be awarded on a tiebreaker for most assists.
The interesting thing here is that the number of assists of Mbappe and Messi is the same as four. In such a situation, if Messi scores 2 goals in the final match, in order to be the owner of the Golden Ball, he has to play the role of an assist in a goal.
If both goals and assists are equal, the player with fewer minutes will have the advantage.
Here, France’s Mbappe has played 769 minutes in the entire tournament, while Messi has played 712 minutes so far. If Messi plays in the final, he will have more minutes in the World Cup and the Golden Boot award will be given to Mbappe.
