Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland each score two goals in a standout day featuring three of the World Cup’s leading attackers. Multiple reports describe the matches as a showcase for the tournament’s top scorers, with Messi scoring twice for Argentina earlier in the day and setting a World Cup record in the process. France’s Mbappé also finds the net twice, keeping pace in the career and scoring race.
Hours later, Haaland delivers another high-impact performance for Norway against Senegal. He scores twice within the first 15 minutes of the second half in a 3-2 win. Reports also note that Haaland narrowly misses earlier in the match, including a shot that hits the post and a header denied shortly before halftime, before converting after the break. Across the coverage, the shared theme is that all three players score two goals on the same day, highlighting their roles as leading finishers in the tournament.
