Manchester City star Julian Alvarez became the youngest player to score twice in a World Cup semi-final or final since Pele in 1958.
The Brazilian legend was 17 years and 249 days old when he achieved this feat scoring a hat-trick against France before scoring a brace against Sweden in the World Cup final. While Alvarez is relatively old in comparison at 22 years and 316 days old, his accomplishment is no less special after a superb night in Lusail.
Argentina and Croatia were evenly matched for the first half-hour of Tuesday night's contest but the City man was soon able to announce himself onto the occasion. On the 34th minute, Alvarez was brought down by Dominik Livakovic in the area allowing Lionel Messi to fire home to give the South Americans the lead.
