![]() ![]() Only one teenager features in the top 100, with England's Jude Bellingham (19) playing 469 minutes in 48th. Heerenveen goalkeeper Andries Noppert, Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk and Inter Milan wing-back Denzel Dumfries played all 538 minutes of the Dutch campaign, with Manchester City defender Nathan Ake on 535 and Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong on 531.įor England, Everton keeper Jordan Pickford was the only one to play all 514 minutes, with Man City's John Stones playing 493 and Manchester United duo Luke Shaw and Harry Maguire on 485 and 480, respectively. But with the impact of extra time, several Netherlands players still feature high on the list. The four teams to reach the semifinals dominate minutes played, with two more fixtures than any other country. Lionel Messi and some fellow Argentina players narrowly avoid disaster as they duck underneath overhead wires on top of their World Cup parade bus. Messi, Argentina World Cup winners nearly knocked off parade bus Why Messi's legend didn't need the World Cup.Modric rolls back the years Editor's Picks On the France team, only Aurelien Tchouameni can top that with 700 minutes played. It's 36 minutes more than any other player, with Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic, 27, and defender Josko Gvardiol, 20, on the pitch for 754 minutes.Ĭristiano Ronaldo, Messi's arch-rival across his career, found himself dropped by Portugal during the tournament and played only 309 minutes - only 135th on the list.įrance striker Kylian Mbappe, who just pipped Messi to the Golden Boot with his hat trick in the final, taking him to eight goals, played for 690 minutes. Including the 100 minutes of added time, the trio played for 790 minutes - or 13 hours and 10 minutes. ![]() Lionel Messi didn't miss a second of Argentina's triumphant World Cup campaign. Likewise for Martinez, whose Aston Villa side are due to take on Liverpool on Monday, and Otamendi, with Benfica taking on Braga on Dec. 1, and it's fair to say Messi won't be flying back to the French capital just yet. PSG restart their Ligue 1 campaign against Strasbourg on Dec. The Paris Saint-Germain striker is joined by goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, 30, and fellow veteran Nicolas Otamendi, 34, in battling through every gruelling minute of Argentina's seven matches - including 139 minutes against Netherlands in the quarterfinals and 141 minutes against France. The only other player aged 35 or over in the top 50 of appearances is France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. ![]() It's all the more impressive that he has achieved this at the age of 35, playing every single moment of Argentina's campaign - tied for the most minutes among all players at the tournament. Messi's seven goals took him past Gabriel Batistuta and Diego Maradona to become Argentina's all-time leading goal scorer at the World Cup with 13, and he has now played more World Cup games (26) than anyone else, overtaking Germany's Lothar Matthaus. The Argentina striker won the Golden Ball for best player, he was named Player of the Match in five of his country's seven matches, including the win over France in the final, and no player provided more than his three assists. ![]() This was Lionel Messi's World Cup, and he created a legacy of records that are likely to stand for many years. ![]()
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