On Sunday at 16:00, France and Argentina will meet in the grand final of the World Cup in Qatar. All eyes will be on Leo Messi, for whom this will be the last match in his career at the World Cup. Argentines dream of winning precisely because of their idol, who lacks only this trophy to complete a beautiful career.
Leo Messi is one step away from a historic achievement. All he has to do is score a goal against the French
However, the 35-year-old can do great things, even if he does not win the world championship. It is enough for him to score at least one goal against France. Then he will equal the all-time top scorer of the World Cup with the legendary Pele. If he scores two, he will overtake the Brazilian.
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. This number consists of goals scored in 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022. Pele has 12 goals to his name and is currently fourth in the all-time tally. The leader is still Miroslav Klose, who scored as many as 16 goals. Next places are taken by such legends as Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima and Gerd Mueller.
Top scorers in World Cup history:
- 1. Miroslav Klose (Germany) – 16 goals
- 2. Ronaldo (Brazil) – 15 goals
- 3. Gerd Mueller (Germany) – 14 goals
- 4. Pele (Brazil) – 12 goals
- 5. Lionel Messi (Argentina), Sandor Kocsis (Hungary), Juergen Klinsmann (Germany) – 11 goals
- 8. Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina), Grzegorz Lato (Poland), Gary Lineker (England), Thomas Muller (Germany), Teofilo Cubillas (Peru), Helmut Rahn (Germany) – 10 goals
The final France – Argentina will start on Sunday, December 18 at 16:00. The main referee of this match will be Szymon Marciniak. We invite you to follow the text coverage of the match on and in the Sport.pl LIVE mobile application.
Source: Sport
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