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The FIFA World Cup 2026 has already established many big dimensions even before the start. This time 48 teams are participating in the tournament, among which 104 matches will be played. For the first time in the history of football Mahakumbh, so many teams will participate and so many matches will be held. The tournament will be played hosted by 3 countries America, Canada and Mexico. This is also the first time that the World Cup is being organized in three countries. Apart from this, more new records are going to be made, take a look at them.

Will Messi break the all-time World Cup record?

Argentina’s legendary footballer Lionel Messi’s title dream was fulfilled in the last edition. Now he has a golden opportunity to break the all-time record of the World Cup. Actually, the record of scoring the most goals in the history of the World Cup is in the name of Germany’s Miroslav Klose. Miroslav played 4 World Cups in his career and during this he scored 16 goals in 24 matches. Messi is 4 goals away from surpassing him. He has scored 13 goals in 26 World Cup matches so far.

Most goals in FIFA World Cup

• Miroslav Klose (Germany) – 16 goals
• Ronaldo (Brazil) – 15 goals
• Gerd Muller (West Germany) – 14 goals
• Just Fontaine (France) – 13 goals
• Lionel Messi (Argentina) – 13 goals
• Kylian Mbappé (France) – 12 goals
• Pelé (Brazil) – 12 goals

Messi-Ronaldo will create history

Messi and Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo are going to create history. This will be the sixth World Cup for both the giants. No player has participated in 6 editions in the history of the tournament. That means Messi and Ronald are going to become the first players to play 6-6 World Cups.

Argentina has a chance to make history

Under the leadership of Messi, Argentina won the 2022 World Cup title. He became world champion for the third time. Now he has a chance to equal the records of Italy and Germany. Italy and Germany have won 4-4 World Cups. If Argentina succeeds in winning the title, it will become the third country to win the trophy twice in a row, equaling Italy and Germany. Till now only Italy (1934 and 1938) and Brazil (1958 and 1962) have been able to achieve this feat.

Will France play its third consecutive final?

France won the title by defeating Croatia 4-2 in the final of the 2018 World Cup. After this, it also made it to the final of the 2022 World Cup but had to face defeat at the hands of Argentina in the penalty shoot-out. If France reaches the final this time too, it will become the third country to play three consecutive title matches. Currently, West Germany (1982, 1986, 1990) and Brazil (1994, 1998, 2002) hold the record of playing three consecutive finals.