Lionel Messi: Reaching the Just Fontaine Index
Lionel Messi has scored equal with Just Fontaine in two WK matches, equaling Fontaine's record of 13 goals in 1958.
After two WK matches, Lionel Messi has equaled the goals on the Just Fontaine Index, named after the famous Frenchman who scored 13 goals in 1958. Fontaine, who died in 2023, holds the record for most goals in a single WK. In 1958, no one could match his goals and it will be very difficult to achieve it in this WK. Also, now in the semi-finals, the players will play two extra matches, making it possible for them to match Fontaine's 1958 goals. Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland have scored 5, 4 and 4 goals each. Fontaine, like Messi, scored 5 goals in two matches. Fontaine scored a hat-trick in a 7–3 win over Paraguay and two goals in a 3–2 win over Yugoslavia. In his next match, Fontaine scored just once in a 2–1 win over Scotland. Fontaine scored 4 goals in a 6–3 win over West Germany to complete the semi-final win. In 1954 Hungary's Sandor Kocsis scored 7 goals in his first two matches and finished the tournament with 11 goals.
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