According to France 24, this World Cup's race for the Golden Boot is intensifying. Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé, and Erling Haaland are all piling on the goals, threatening to break Just Fontaine's single-tournament scoring record from nineteen fifty-eight. Harry Kane and Cristiano Ronaldo are in contention too. For the first time in nearly seven decades, that record actually looks vulnerable.

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