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Hi there and welcome to the Athletic FC podcast with me, Emma Payton. Lionel Messi makes history becoming the World Cup's all-time leading scorer, but Kylian Mbappe isn't far behind. While France-Iraq also saw a more than two-hour rain delay. Plus, we'll talk transfers with David Ornstein. Well, here with me in the studio today, we have the Athletics' Mark Critchley and Tim Spears. Gents, good to see you. You've ditched the jacket, Critch, which is good to see.
I've ditched the jacket.
But you've done something you said you'd never do in this studio.
Well, look, I said last week I don't wear replica shirts because I'm 35 years old.
How did Lionel Messi make World Cup history with his goals against Austria?
Didn't go down brilliantly with our commenters and our audience. So I am nothing if not a total hypocrite. So I decided this is what a 35-year-old in a replica shirt looks like. It's a peace offering to the haters. I hope you're happy. I bought this when I was 15. I can't explain it. It was totally mindless behavior, but there you go.
20 years later, here you are. We love it.
I mean, long sleeves and a heat wave as well. That's dedication.
It's crutch after all. I was wearing a jacket in here yesterday. So Tim, I'm not sure if you caught yesterday's episode, but your daily rankings piece, which is brilliant, by the way, but it's been taking a lot of heat from Mr. Mark Critchley. We're going there already. Yeah, we're going straight in there. So I'm just saying, be ready for this to come up a little bit throughout the episode. What's the beef?
France, number one. I knew I was coming into a position of weakness here because they were obviously going to convincingly beat Iraq the morning afterwards. But I don't know. I just don't feel that they've been the standout team of the tournament so far. And I think the standout team of the tournament is England.
Okay, we'll get into it.
Okay, right, fine.
Right, then you can have your save back. Okay, I'm pumped. No, you're ready. Okay, let's start by talking about Day 12 then, which we'll see all the superstars come out to play. Lionel Messi moved clear of Miroslav Klose scoring both goals in Argentina's 2-0 win over Austria. Kylian Mbappe tried to keep pace with Messi with two of his own against Iraq in a 3-0 win for France. More on that to come very shortly.
What happened during France vs Iraq and why was the rain delay historic?
Erling Haaland also got a couple in Norway's 3-2 win over Senegal and Algeria beat Jordan 2-1 as well. But only one place to start and that is by talking about Lionel Messi. Now the outright all-time top scorer at World Cups with 18 goals. I mean, five goals in two games so far at this World Cup. Are there any superlatives left? How do we describe him at this point, Tim?
I guess you're getting into sort of longevity really and like how is he still doing it at this age? What is it? Yeah, 12 goals since he turned 35 at the World Cup. Saw the Guinness World Records tweeted last night. All the records broken.
It's endless at this point though, isn't it?
Yeah, he brought like four records yesterday alone. Yeah, most World Cup goals, most World Cup matches played, most matches won by an individual at a World Cup, most minutes played at a World Cup. It's just mind-blowing, to be honest. Most penalties missed as well. Yeah, most penalties missed. Yeah, that's a good point. Like what he did at the last World Cup was just remarkable. And I guess we all kind of thought that was probably it for him. What a way to bow out. But to be sort of, you know, I think because he makes it look so easy, we just talk about his talent and his sort of gifts. But we have to talk about his desire. to keep going, you know, at his age. Like, it looks like maybe he's not in the gym every day and training incredibly hard because he just sort of strolls around and makes it look so easy.
But his sort of, his desire to want more, he's done everything in the game. Like, it's incredible. Yeah, what else can you say? What else can you say?
Well, you can say there is something new to say about him because he's now the all-time leading World Cup goalscorer.
We thought that was going to happen, didn't we?
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–0:46
2
How did Lionel Messi make World Cup history with his goals against Austria?
0:46–2:13
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What happened during France vs Iraq and why was the rain delay historic?
2:13–8:51
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How are Messi, Mbappé and Haaland comparing early in this World Cup goals race?
8:51–39:39