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🚨Most assists in a single World Cup campaign: 7 - Michael Olise (2026) 6 - Pelé (1970) A new record holder.

🚨Bukayo Saka career hattricks: - 1 in 11 World Cup matches - 0 in 226 PL matches He moves different with the three lions.

🚨Kylian Mbappé has now scored the most World Cup goals in history (22). His playing ground.

🚨Most goals scored in World Cup history: - Lionel Messi (21) - Kylian Mbappé (21) Golden Boot Race: - Kylian Mbappé (9) - Lionel Messi (8)

🚨Beckham wore the number 7 and scored (3) World Cup goals for England. Bukayo Saka wears it now, and just made it (5). Same shirt, same nation, a new benchmark. The 7 is in good hands.

🚨Didier Deschamps' World Cup record as France boss: 26 games, never more than 3 conceded in a full match. His 27th and final one: (4) shipped by half-time to England. A 14-year era, closing with the door blown off its hinges.

🚨Record margin in a World Cup third-place playoff: 4 goals (Sweden 4-0 Bulgaria, 1994). The 2018 champions and 2022 finalists are playing for it. From lifting the trophy to fighting over the bronze medal nobody wants. France, welcome to the participation game.

🚨Golden Boot race, before tonight: Mbappé: 8 goals Messi: 8 goals (leads on assists) Third-place goals count. Mbappé plays tonight. Messi waits for Sunday. The race is still open.

🚨Jude Bellingham has (6) goals at the 2026 World Cup. No midfielder has ever scored more in a single World Cup tournament. In the entire history of the competition.

🚨Lamine Yamal before his 20th birthday: 3x LaLiga 2x Supercopa de España 1x Copa del Rey 1x European Championship 1x bathed by Lionel Messi And now the third-youngest player to reach a World Cup final in history. He is 19.

🚨 France have beaten England in both of their last two competitive meetings. - 2012: 1-1 - 2017: 3-2 - 2022 World Cup: 2-1 England are yet to beat France in a competitive fixture this century.

🚨The last time France played a World Cup third-place match, Just Fontaine scored (4) goals in a 6-3 win over West Germany. That was 1958. (68) years ago. Mbappé has (8) goals in this tournament and nothing left to play for but legacy.

🚨England have played two World Cup third-place matches. They lost both. 1990 vs Italy: 1-2. 2018 vs Belgium: 0-2. Today is their third attempt.

🚨(19) years ago. Messi wears the number (19) at Barcelona, holding a baby. The baby was Lamine Yamal. He turned (19) last week. He wears (19) for Spain. Sunday, the (19th) of July, they stand on opposite sides of a World Cup final. Football doesn't do coincidence like this.

🚨Most backward passes for England at this World Cup: - Elliot Anderson: 56 - Jude Bellingham: 47 - Nico O'Reilly: 41 Manchester City paid £116m for the man at the top. Backwards has never cost so much.

🚨Cristiano Ronaldo in World Cup knockout games: - 10 appearances across 20 years - 0 goals from open play — the most of any forward in history - 1 goal total: a penalty vs Croatia, aged 41 The biggest stage. The quietest man. Unwanted.

🚨The Young Player race: Cubarsí (19): 6 clean sheets in 7 games Manzambi (20): 5 goal contributions in 4 games One is still playing Sunday. The other went out in the quarters Defenders never win these awards. Should this one?

🚨StatLineX Friday Debate: Ribéry 2013 vs Ronaldo 2013: Ribéry: treble winner, (23) assists, beat Messi and Ronaldo to UEFA's Best Player in Europe. Ronaldo: (69) goals, (1) Supercopa de España title. They gave the Balon d'Or to the man who won a domestic title. Fair or not?

🚨Emi Martínez vs Unai Simón at this World Cup: Saves: 9 | 10 Save percentage: 56% | 90% Goals conceded: 7 | 1 Goals prevented: -1.4 | +0.7 One wall has barely been breached. The other has been beaten seven times. Sunday picks a side.

🚨Barcelona's winger call: Rashford: 1 goal in 5 games, €30m option expired. Gordon: 1 goal, 3 assists in 6 games, €70m. Wednesday: Gordon scored in a World Cup semi-final They passed on the bargain. Did they get it right?