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0 - Cristiano Ronaldo with Portugal at major tournaments (World Cup + Euro):
😃First 43 matches : 22 goals, 8 assists
😕Last 10 matches : 0 goal, 1 assist
Challenging.
Cristiano Ronaldo is goalless in his last 10 Portugal games at major tournaments:
𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐩:
❌ vs. Uruguay
❌ vs. South Korea
❌ vs. Switzerland
❌ vs. Morocco
𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬:
❌ vs. Czechia
❌ vs. Türkiye
❌ vs. Georgia
❌ vs. Slovenia
❌ vs. France
42 - Erling Haaland has had the fewest touches of any player to play the full 90 minutes in both group games so far (42).
24% of his touches have seen him have a shot (10) and he has accumulated the most xG of any player (2.68).
Efficient.
2 - Across the last two FIFA World Cup tournaments, only two penalties taken in normal time have missed the target altogether:
2022 - 🏴 Harry Kane vs 🇫🇷 France
2026 - 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi vs 🇦🇹 Austria
Amiss.
5 - 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi in 2026 is just the second player in FIFA World Cup history to score his country's first five goals in a single edition, along with Oleg Salenko for Russia in 1994.
Leader.
5 - Lionel Messi yesterday was the oldest player (38 years, 363 days) on record since 1966 to record 5+ shots (7) and 5+ dribbles (5) in a FIFA World Cup match.
The previous oldest was... Lionel Messi in 2022 against Poland, aged 35.
Vintage.
71 - Lionel Messi had 71 touches last night versus Austria and - two days shy of his 39th birthday - was the oldest forward on record since 1966 to have 50+ touches in a FIFA World Cup match.
Timeless.
12 - Argentina's last 12 FIFA World Cup goals have been scored by...
Messi
Messi
Alvarez
Alvarez
Messi
Di María
Messi
Messi
Messi
Messi
Messi
Messi
Lionel.
6 - Erling Haaland is the sixth player to score multiple goals in each of his first two FIFA World Cup appearances:
1930 🇦🇷 Guillermo Stabile (first 3)
1954 🇭🇺 Sándor Kocsis (first 4)
1958 🇫🇷 Just Fontaine
1974 🇵🇱 Grzegorz Lato
2018 🏴 Harry Kane
2026 🇳🇴 Erling Haaland
Arrival.
12 - Erling Haaland has scored in his last 12 competitive appearances for Norway and has scored at least one goal in 18 of his last 21 competitive national team games.
Delivered.