New Delhi, July 4 -- Lionel Messi kept his scoring boots on as the Argentine captain became the first man on earth to score in eight consecutive matches at the FIFA World Cup on Saturday. A streak that started in the Round of 16 match against Australia in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Messi has scored in every game since then in the tournament.

Not just that, Messi also equalled a 64-year-old record of scoring in five consecutive FIFA World Cup knockout matches, a milestone that last came in 1962 by Brazil's Vava. Leonidas (Brazil: 1934-38) and Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary: 1934-38) are the only ones to have achieved the same.

Messi's streak in the World Cup knockouts started against Australia in the previous edition of the World Cup when he s...