{"id":2435,"date":"2026-06-17T11:03:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/?p=2435"},"modified":"2026-06-17T11:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:07:13","slug":"lionel-messi-steals-the-show-as-kylian-mbappe-and-erling-haaland-deliver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/lionel-messi-steals-the-show-as-kylian-mbappe-and-erling-haaland-deliver\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi steals the show as Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 and Erling Haaland deliver"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source : Yahoo Sports <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2026 World Cup delivered another memorable day of action, with some of the tournament\u2019s biggest stars taking center stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"386\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/images-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/images-4.jpeg 386w, https:\/\/skychatz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/images-4-246x300.jpeg 246w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">France kicked off the day with a 3-1 win over Senegal as Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 and Bradley Barcola provided the goals to give Didier Deschamps a key three points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erling Haaland and Norway\u2019s long-awaited return to the World Cup took center stage in the afternoon and the star striker did not disappoint, putting together a first-half brace in a 4-1 blowout win over Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, in prime time, Lionel Messi delivered like only he can, nabbing his first World Cup hat trick to jump into a tie for No. 1 all time in goals scored. It was a great start for reigning champion Argentina as it dispatched Algeria 3-0 in its opener.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"557\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/images-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/images-3.jpeg 557w, https:\/\/skychatz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/images-3-300x178.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austria wrapped up the day with a 3-1 win over Jordan in the late kickoff, spoiling Jordan\u2019s historic World Cup debut and joining Argentina atop Group J.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuesday\u2019s World Cup schedule, results ,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Group I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Final: France 3, Senegal 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Final: Norway 4, Iraq 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Group J :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Final: Argentina 3, Algeria 0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Final : Austria 3, Jordan 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source : Yahoo Sports The 2026 World Cup delivered another memorable day of action, with some of the tournament\u2019s biggest stars taking center stage. France kicked off the day with a 3-1 win over Senegal as Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 and Bradley Barcola provided the goals to give Didier Deschamps a key three points. Erling Haaland and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2435"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2439,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435\/revisions\/2439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}