#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)
#WATCHTHEDATA - With Mbappé (8) and Bellingham (6), Real Madrid becomes the SECOND club in ALL of history with two players scoring 6+ goals in the same World Cup. The first was PSG in 2022, with Mbappé (8) and Messi (7). (translated)
#OJOALDATO - The referees of the 2026 World Cup have gone to the field monitor 27 times and only ONE of them maintained their initial decision: Faghani, in the possible penalty of Mané on Mbappé. This statistic is DEVASTATING. No one dares to contradict the VAR and the VAR. (translated)
#NOTEONTHEDATA - With Kane (6) and Bellingham (5), England has for the FIRST TIME in ALL its history two players with 5+ goals in the same World Cup. The only English players who had reached 5 in a tournament were Lineker (6 in 1986) and Kane himself (6 in 2018). (translated)
#NOTEONTHEDATA - Kane (6) and Bellingham (5) put England in a very select club. Only SIX times has a national team had two players with 5+ goals in the same World Cup... and TWO are from this 2026: (translated)
#NOTEWORTHY - Three players from the current France team reach their THIRD consecutive World Cup semifinal: Mbappé, Dembélé, and Lucas Hernández 🇫🇷 (2018, 2022, and 2026). The record belongs to Miroslav Klose 🇩🇪, who was present in FOUR consecutive (2002-2014). (translated)
#NOTEONTHEDATA - With 11 direct goal participations (8 goals + 3 assists), Mbappé 🇫🇷 sets one of the highest records in any edition in the ENTIRE history of the World Cup: Ademir 🇧🇷 1950 — 12 (8G+4A) Kocsis 🇭🇺 1954 — 13 (11G+2A) Fritz Walter 🇩🇪 1954 — 11 (3G+8A) (translated)
#WATCH THE DATA - Messi 🇦🇷 is responsible for 47% of the goals scored by ALL players aged 38 or older in the 96-year history of the World Cup. (translated)
#WATCHTHEDATA - With his goal against Egypt, Messi 🇦🇷 reaches 7 goals in knockout stages of the World Cup and equals Pelé 🇧🇷. Top scorers in KO phase: 11 Mbappé 🇫🇷 8 Leónidas 🇧🇷 8 Ronaldo 🇧🇷 7 MESSI 🇦🇷 7 Pelé 🇧🇷 7 Fontaine 🇫🇷 7 Vavá 🇧🇷 7 Nejedlý 🇨🇿 (translated)
#NOTE: In the recent 12 World Cup matches, Argentina has been awarded 8 penalties in favor. This is the HIGHEST number for any team over a span of 12 consecutive matches in the entire history of the tournament: 8 Argentina 🇦🇷 (2022-2026) 7 Spain 🇪🇸 (1998-2010) 7 (translated)
