goals scored by messi in 2018 world cup
List of international goals scored by Lionel Messi Messi has scored 21 goals in FIFA World Cup qualifiers, making him the all-time top scorer of the qualification in CONMEBOL, along with his Barcelona teammate Luis Suárez.[6] He has scored eight goals in Copa América,[1] leading his team to the final of the tournament in 2007, 2015, and 2016, each time finishing as a runner-up. At the 2015 tournament, he allegedly rejected the Best Player award and the trophy was omitted from the ceremony.[7][8] He has scored six times in the FIFA World Cup tournaments,[1] once in 2006, four times in 2014, when he guided his team to the final and was awarded the Golden Ball, and once in the 2018 World Cup finals.[9] The remainder of Messi's goals, 30, have come in friendlies.[1]
Luis Suárez On 2 September 2018, Suárez scored twice for Barcelona in an 8–2 win over newly promoted Huesca.[205] A week later he scored in their 2–1 victory at Real Sociedad, as the club made it four wins out of four in La Liga.[206] On 28 October, Suárez scored a hat-trick in a 5–1 home win over Real Madrid in El Clásico.[207] Suárez is the only the second Barcelona player (after Messi) to score a hat-trick in El Clasico in La Liga since Romário in 1994.[208]
2026 FIFA World Cup The issue of how to allocate automatic host country qualification given that there are multiple host countries has not yet been resolved and will be decided by the FIFA council.[18][20][21] The United bid anticipated all three host countries being awarded automatic places.[22]
Cristiano Ronaldo Ronaldo scored five goals, including a hat-trick against Armenia, in the qualification for Euro 2016.[381][382][383][384] With the only goal in another victory over Armenia on 14 November 2014, he reached 23 goals in the European Championship, including qualifying matches, to become the competition's all-time leading goalscorer.[385] At the start of the tournament, however, Ronaldo failed to convert his chances in Portugal's draws against Iceland and Austria, despite taking a total of 20 shots on goal. In the latter match, he overtook Luís Figo as his nation's most capped player with his 128th international appearance, which ended scoreless after he missed a penalty in the second half.[386] With two goals and an assist in the last match of the group stage, a 3–3 draw against Hungary, Ronaldo became the first player to score in four European Championships, having made a record 17 appearances in the tournament.[387][388] Though placed third in their group behind Hungary and Iceland, his team qualified for the knockout round as a result of the competition's newly expanded format.[389]