Messi is chasing 5 unprecedented records in the 2026 World Cup final

Lionel Messi is one step closer to writing a new chapter in the history of World Cup tournaments, and breaking 5 records, many of which have shocked many for many years, when Messi leads the “Tango” battalion tomorrow, Sunday, against the Spanish national team in the final of the 2026 World Cup, which will be hosted by “MetLife” Stadium in “New Jersey”, USA.

Messi, who enters the final with 8 goals and 4 assists, needs one goal contribution to equal the record of German Gerd Muller, who had 13 goal contributions in the 1970 World Cup, and he has the opportunity to hold the record.

If Messi succeeds in scoring the Spanish net, he is expected to combine the most goalscoring contributions, along with the oldest player to score the net in the World Cup final at the age of 39 years and 25 days, surpassing the previous record held by the Swede Nils Liedlhall when he scored against Brazil in the 1958 World Cup at the age of 35 years and 264 days.

Messi is looking forward to continuing his brilliance and scoring from free kicks, and if he succeeds against Spain, it will give him the record for the player who has scored the most such kicks in one edition of the World Cup Finals, as Messi enters the 2026 final with two goals from free kicks, equal to six other players: the Brazilians Pele and Rivelino in the 1970 edition, the Frenchman Bruno Genghene in the 1982 World Cup, and the Englishman David. Beckham in the 1998 World Cup, American Lake Tillman, and Canadian William Saliba in the current edition 2026.

If Messi leads the Argentine national team to win the cup, he will achieve an unprecedented achievement by becoming the first player (captain of the national team) to win the title twice in a row in the history of the World Cup.