{"id":884563,"date":"2026-06-22T09:39:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/884563\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T09:39:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:39:33","slug":"an-inside-look-at-the-next-record-breaking-moment-for-lionel-messi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/884563\/","title":{"rendered":"An inside look at the next record-breaking moment for Lionel Messi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If Lionel Messi scores a goal in his sixth straight World Cup match Monday, he\u2019ll notch a historic footnote and break an all-time worldwide record in, of all places, North Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Messi has 16 goals in his record six World Cup appearances, and with goals in five straight World Cup matches, it seems inevitable he\u2019ll best\u00a0Klose\u2019s record when he takes the pitch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/article\/2026-fifa-world-cup-full-schedule-22268341.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">at noon Monday against Austria at Dallas Stadium<\/a> (AT&amp;T Stadium in Arlington).<\/p>\n<p>As momentous as it would be, the history might be fleeting: Just two goals behind\u00a0Messi sits France\u2019s Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, who reached 14 World Cup goals all time with a two-score performance against Senegal. Mbapp\u00e9, playing in just his third World Cup at 27 years old, is on pace to shatter the totals of both Klose and the 38-year-old Messi.<\/p>\n<p>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<\/p>\n<p>Still, Messi setting the record Monday would make for an electric World Cup moment at Dallas Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If Lionel Messi scores a goal in his sixth straight World Cup match Monday, he\u2019ll notch a historic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":884564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,10768,1596,358,325233,290085,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-884563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-america","tag-brief","tag-dallas","tag-texas","tag-tp-att-stadium","tag-tp-world-cup","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116793099411970955","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=884563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/884564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=884563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=884563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}