Only 10 days have passed since the start of FIFA World Cup 2026 but the tournament has already witnessed many memorable records.
World famous football stars Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Harry Kane and Erling Holland have laid the foundation for making new history by showing good performances in their debut matches.
Argentina captain Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick against Algeria and took his World Cup tally to 16 and equaled Germany’s Miroslav Klose.
Now Messi is close to this record in the next match.
Kylian Mbappe of France is only two goals behind Messi and Klose’s record with 14 World Cup goals and has also become France’s best scorer.
On the other hand, England’s Harry Kane completed 10 goals for England in the World Cup with 2 goals against Croatia and equaled Gary Lineker’s record of most goals for England in the World Cup.
Cristiano Ronaldo did not perform well in his first match, but achieved an incredible feat and became the second player in the world to participate in six different World Cup tournaments.
The 41-year-old Ronaldo also became the oldest player to play in the World Cup.
Meanwhile, Norway’s Erling Holland scored two goals against Iraq to become the top scorer in his country’s World Cup history.
Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinia also set many records in his team’s first World Cup match with a brilliant performance against Spain.
Six red cards have been shown in the opening phase of the tournament so far, which shows that this World Cup can be remembered not only in terms of records, but also in terms of exciting moments.
