Messi is set to break a record that has stood for 68 years in the “Grand Final”

If Argentine legend Lionel Messi scores against Spain today, Sunday, at the conclusion of the 2026 World Cup, he will become the oldest player to score in a World Cup final, breaking the record of Swedish football legend Nils Liedholm, who scored in the 1958 World Cup final at the age of 35 years and 264 days.

Today, Messi is 39 years and 25 days old, and he hopes to lift the World Cup for the second time in his career and the second in a row for his country.