Reporting on Messi's World Cup tally suggests he now needs just a single tournament strike to move past the current all-time mark. The one-goal margin frames his next appearance on the global stage as a potential record-breaking moment.
Messi has scored at several World Cups during his international career, and the reported gap indicates he is closer than ever to rewriting the leaderboard. If he finds the net once more on football's biggest stage, he would reportedly become the competition's all-time leading scorer.
