Kylian Mbappé has scored three goals since the start of the World Cup in Qatar. Two for Lionel Messi, one for Cristiano Ronaldo, zero for Neymar.
At the top of the 2022 World Cup scorer rankings with three goals each at the end of the first round of this World Cup on Friday, the Spaniard Morata, the Dutch Gakpo, the French Mbappé and the English Rashford remain in the race to improve their total from the round of 16.
Friday, the Cameroonian Aboubakar, who punished the indolence of Brazil (1-0), and the Swiss Embolo, effective against Serbia (3-2), scored their second personal goal.
Five players with three goals
We expected Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar or Harry Kane, but the only superstar to be at the top of the scorers’ rankings, before the last matches of the first round, is Kylian Mbappé.
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An achievement against Australia (4-1), a double against Denmark to ensure the qualification of the Blues, the French striker of PSG answered present before being spared against Tunisia (0-1). To come back stronger in eighth against Poland?
He is in good company at the top of the scoring charts, with Dutch revelation Cody Gakpo finding the net against Senegal (2-0), Ecuador (1-1) and Qatar (2-0). Spain striker Alvaro Morata also scored in all three group matches, against Costa Rica (7-0), Germany (1-1) and Japan (2-1).
Marcus Rashford, scorer 49 seconds after coming into play against Iran (6-2) and author of a double against Wales (3-0), is also at the top of this ranking.
Enner Valencia, the first player to score and then get a brace in this competition, also has three goals, but Ecuador are eliminated.
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18 two-goal players
The Brazilian Richarlison also distinguished himself with a double against Serbia (2-0), including a return considered the best goal of the World Cup for the moment.
Lionel Messi scored in Argentina’s first two games, before missing a penalty against Poland in the third game.
On the Blue side, Olivier Giroud scored twice in the first match against Australia. Bruno Fernandes double decisive passer in the first match with Portugal and double scorer in the second.
Cristiano Ronaldo only scored one goal. Injured in the first game and absent since Neymar, has not yet scored. Just like Harry Kane. The Englishman is however the best passer in the competition (three assists).
3 buts : Álvaro Morata (Spain), Cody Gakpo (Netherlands), Kylian Mbappé (France), Marcus Rashford (England), Enner Valencia (Ecuador).
2 buts : Aboubakar (Cameroon), Al-Dawsari (Saudi Arabia), Cho (South Korea), De Arrascaeta (Uruguay), Doan (Japan), Embolo (Switzerland), B. Fernandes (Portugal), Fullkrug (Germany), Giroud (France), Havertz (Germany), Kramaric (Croatia), Kudus (Ghana), Messi (Argentina), Mitrovic (Serbia), Richarlison (Brazil), Saka (England), Taremi (Iran), Torres (Spain).
