Lionel Messi has claimed the FIFA World Cup's all-time goal-scoring record. France's Kylian Mbappé is close behind. Strikers are putting on a scoring clinic at this tournament: Norway's Erling Haaland scored two goals against Senegal, and England's Harry Kane opened with two goals in his first match—Kane was the leading scorer at the twenty eighteen World Cup. According to France twenty-four, this World Cup is shaping up as a forward's showcase.

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