Mbappe pulls two clear of Messi in Golden Boot race

That brace in France's wild 6-4 defeat to England? It bumped Mbappe's tournament haul to a flat 10 goals. The PSG man is sitting pretty, with just one match left on the schedule.

Messi? He's stuck on eight goals for now. His last shot comes Sunday against Spain. He'll need two goals just to *tie* Mbappe, maybe more to 'edge ahead' depending on who's counting. Keep an eye on assists, too: both currently have four. That's the tiebreaker if they somehow end up dead even.

Elsewhere on the scoreboard, Erling Haaland and Jude Bellingham both wrapped up their tournaments with seven goals. England's Harry Kane? A respectable six.

Mbappe didn't just chase Golden Boots this time. He's also now the all-time World Cup leading goalscorer, blowing past Miroslav Klose's old mark of 16 goals. Messi, to his credit, has also topped the German's tally.

Everyone keeps harping on about Just Fontaine's insane 13-goal record back in 1958. Forget it. Double-digit goal tallies in a single tournament are rare as hen's teeth. Only three players have ever done it: Fontaine, Gerd Muller in 1970, and Sandor Kocsis in 1954. Mbappe joining that club with 10 is impressive enough.