Unstoppable Messi becomes first person to score in seven straight World Cup matches

[p]Substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/messi-lionel/vgOOdZbd/"]Messi[/a] ‌curled in a free kick from 25 metres in ‌the 80th minute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/argentina-f9OppQjp/jordan-vNcmJoU2/?mid=KAnAWtpR"]to make ⁠the ‌score 3-1[/a].[/p][p]Messi’s hot streak started in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/argentina/f9OppQjp/"]​Argentina[/a]’s 2-1 victory over Australia at the ​2022 World Cup in Qatar. He also netted against ⁠the Netherlands ​and Croatia, before scoring twice in an epic final with France that ended with ‌him lifting the trophy.[/p][image alt="Argentina's Lionel Messi scores from a free kick against Jordan" id="9470e7a0-6a77-43c8-bf6d-8482b13ea321" credit-line="IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters / Tim Heitman" guid="4f6acb32-92c4-434f-b971-74f557a657a8" original-width="5268" original-height="3624" /][p]He continued that scoring run at the 2026 finals, having netted a hat-trick against Algeria and another two versus Austria in Argentina's second game, with his strike against ‌Jordan taking his tally of ​World Cup goals to ‌a record-extending 19.[/p][p]Fontaine scored in six consecutive matches for France in 1958, and Jairzinho did likewise for Brazil ⁠in ⁠1970.[/p][image alt="Messi is the leading scorer at the 2026 World Cup" id="5bd97a16-8d31-462f-bd79-d3c7f27bd51e" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform (photo by REUTERS/Hannah Mckay)" guid="0be9ae0b-1b3d-4adb-b410-8419bd9f1d50" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/who-are-the-leading-scorers-and-creators-in-world-cup-history/YHItVgHs/"]Check out the leading scorers in World Cup history![/a][/h2]