#NOTEWORTHY - Hansi Flick has already had 59 matchdays as leader of La Liga, exactly the same as Johan Cruyff during his entire time on the Barcelona bench. The difference is in the journey: Cruyff needed to manage 300 matchdays to get there. Flick has 79. (translated)
#WATCHTHEDATA - Novak Djokovic has lost in the first round of a Grand Slam for the THIRD time in his career. The three: 🇷🇺 2005 Australian Open: Marat Safin (6-0 6-2 6-1) 🇺🇸 2006 Australian Open: Paul Goldstein (6-2 1-6 6-3 6-2) 🇦🇷 2026 US Open: Mariano Navone (7-6 5-7 4-6 6-2 6-1) https://t.co/xTVCC1w9JG (translated)
#NOTEWORTHY - Two Ecuadorian teams will play in the quarter-finals of the Copa Libertadores in the same edition for the SECOND time in history. The first was in 1990, when Barcelona and Emelec reached this stage. (translated)
#OJOALDATO - Independiente del Valle wins four consecutive matches for the FIRST time in its history in the Copa Libertadores. It is one win away from matching the best streak of an Ecuadorian team: El Nacional achieved five consecutive victories on 3 occasions (1983-1984, 1985 and (translated)
#NOTETHEDATA - For the FIRST time in the ENTIRE history of the Copa Libertadores, eight consecutive ties have been recorded and all have been in the round of sixteen. (translated)
#NOTEWORTHY - NEVER in the entire history of CONMEBOL competitions has a two-legged tie been overturned after losing the first leg by more than 5 goals. (translated)
#WATCHOUTTHEDATA - Brian Madjo (17 years and 212 days) is the youngest player to be a STARTER in ANY EUROPEAN FINAL. The only two younger finalists who played were substitutes and also did so in the Super Cup: Ronald de Boer (at 17 years and 193 days in 1987) and (translated)
#NOTEWORTHY - Spain 🇪🇸 is the FIRST champion national team in the world that defeats both finalists from the previous edition on its way to the title. Furthermore, it does so in the last two rounds of the tournament and without conceding a single goal against them. (translated)
#WATCHTHEDATA - For the FIRST TIME in the entire history of the World Cup, a national team (Spain 🇪🇸) is going to play in the final with two starters under 20 years old (Cubarsí and Lamine Yamal). ALL PLAYERS UNDER 20 YEARS OLD WHO WERE STARTERS IN THE GRAND FINAL ENDED UP WINNING THE. (translated)
#NOTEWORTHY - With 16 goals combined (Mbappé 10 + Dembélé 6), the French pair matches the RECORD for combined goals by two teammates in the same World Cup. Only one other duo had achieved this in ALL of history... and it was also from France: Fontaine + Piantoni 🇫🇷 — 16 (translated)
#OJOALDATO - El hat-trick de Bukayo Saka 🏴 ante Francia es historia pura. Tres datos en uno: ⚽ Es apenas el SEGUNDO hat-trick en un partido por el https://t.co/amNkSfWr8w puesto, tras el de Just Fontaine en 1958. ⚽ Es el CUARTO hat-trick de Inglaterra en la Copa del Mundo, tras Hurst (1966), Lineker (1986) y Kane (2018). ⚽ Y es apenas el SEGUNDO hat-trick jamás endosado a Francia en un Mundial. El primero lo firmó PELÉ en 1958. Fontaine, Hurst, Pelé… vaya compañía. #BukayoSaka #HatTrick #CopaMundial
#LOOKATTHEDATA - With his goal today, Mbappé 🇫🇷 reaches 9 goals in the 2026 World Cup and is only the FIFTH player in ALL of history with 9 or more goals in a single edition. The first to achieve it since Gerd Müller in 1970: Fontaine 🇫🇷 1958 — 13 Kocsis 🇭🇺 1954 — 11 Müller 🇩🇪 1970 — https://t.co/JwIJFLulXN (translated)
#WATCHTHEDATA - Mbappé 🇫🇷 has 14 direct goal participations (10 goals + 4 assists) in this World Cup, the SECOND best record in any edition in the ENTIRE history of the World Cup, just one away from Fontaine's record: Fontaine 🇫🇷 1958 — 15 (13+2) Mbappé 🇫🇷 2026 — 14 (translated)
#OJOALDATO - Olise 🇫🇷 ha repartido 6 asistencias en esta Copa del Mundo. Es el máximo asistente del Mundial 2026 y el TERCER mejor registro de asistencias en una única edición en TODA la historia, solo por detrás de Kopa (8 en 1958) y Fritz Walter (8 en 1954). #CopaDelMundo #Asistencias #Fútbol
#WATCHOUT - By playing the final against Spain, Messi 🇦🇷 will equal Cafú as the ONLY footballers who have played in THREE World Cup finals: Cafú 🇧🇷 — 1994, 1998, 2002 Messi 🇦🇷 — 2014, 2022, 2026 (translated)
#NOTEONTHEDATA - With his 2 assists in the semifinal, Messi 🇦🇷 reaches 12 direct goal participations (8 goals + 4 assists) in the 2026 World Cup, one of the greatest records in the history of the World Cup: Fontaine 🇫🇷 1958 — 15 (13+2) Kocsis 🇭🇺 1954 (translated)
#WATCHOUTFORTHEDATA - Mikel Oyarzabal 🇪🇸 now has a total of 14 goals with Spain in the 2025-26 season and sets an ABSOLUTE RECORD: no Spanish player had scored as much with the national team in a single campaign. He surpasses the 13 goals of David Villa in 2008-09. (translated)
#NOTEWORTHY - Argentina 🇦🇷 scores TWO goals in extra time against Switzerland, just like they did against Cape Verde. They are the FIRST team in the ENTIRE history of the World Cup to score two goals in two different extra times of the same edition. (translated)
#NOTEONTHEDATA - With 8 goals and 2 assists, Messi reaches 10 direct goal participations in the 2026 World Cup, just as he did in 2022 (7+3). Only TWO players have accumulated 10+ direct participations in two different World Cups in ALL of history: MESSI 🇦🇷 — 2022 (10) and 2026 (10) (translated)
#NOTE - Bellingham scored two goals in the round of 16 (against Mexico) and another in the quarter-finals (against Norway). Only SEVEN players have scored doubles in two consecutive knockout stage matches in the ENTIRE history of the World Cup: Piola 🇮🇹 1938 Kocsis 🇭🇺 1954 Pelé 🇧🇷 1958 Garrincha 🇧🇷 1962 (translated)
