Messi sets a series of records in the 2022 World Cup final

In these 26 matches, there are 19 matches where Messi wears the captain's armband, thereby firmly building a new record for the number of matches as a captain in the World Cup. Behind Messi in this statistic is Rafa Marquez with 17 matches with Mexico, and the late compatriot Diego Maradona with 16 matches.

Before that, he regularly scored one goal per game against Australia in the round of 16, the Netherlands in the quarter-finals and Croatia in the semi-finals. In the group stage, Messi in turn scored one goal per game, against Saudi Arabia and then Mexico in the first two rounds. And all 6 of his goals were the opening goals for Argentina in these six games. The only match Messi failed to score was in the final round of the group stage, when Argentina beat Poland 2-0 thanks to goals from Alexis MacAllister and Julian Alvarez.