Messi took his World Cup tally to 18 goals when he netted in the 38th and 95th minutes, despite an earlier stumble from the penalty spot, as Argentina secured their second win to move on to six points in Group J. His first strike took him past Germany's Miroslav Klose as the all-time leading scorer in men's World Cup history and his second ensured he moved beyond Marta's 17 goals in the women's tournament, which had stood as the overall record.
Mbappe scored his second double of the tournament and Ousmane Dembele added a third as France eased into the last 32 with a 3-0 victory over Iraq on Monday in the first match of this World Cup beset by a lengthy weather stoppage. Mbappe’s goals, on his 100th international appearance, came nearly three hours apart after thunderstorms in the region delayed the second-half kickoff by a shade under two hours.
Algeria stormed back to beat Jordan 2-1 and eliminate the World Cup debutants with a match to spare on Monday thanks to second-half goals from substitute Nadhir Benbouali and Amine Gouiri. The victory put Algeria level with Austria on three points in Group J, while ensuring defending champions Argentina will go through to the next round as group winners following their 2-0 win over the Austrians earlier on Monday. Algeria will face Austria in Kansas City on Saturday, while Jordan take on Argentina.
Earlier, Erling Haaland struck twice in Norway's 3-2 win over Senegal on Monday, sending his team into the knockout rounds in their first World Cup appearance for 28 years and signalling his intention to make his mark on soccer's biggest stage.
