Lionel Messi might have done almost everything in his playing career, but for a while there was one area where Rio Ferdinand had him beat.
Messi scored Argentina's first two goals of the 2022 World Cup, putting away a penalty against Saudi Arabia and breaking the deadlock in a 2-0 victory over Mexico. As he prepared to face Australia in the last 16, though, his failure to score a World Cup knockout goal came into focus.
Ferdinand, on the other hand, scored in his very first World Cup knockout game. The centre-back was on target against Denmark in 2002, and he was quick to remind Gary Lineker of that fact... only for Messi to then respond within 45 minutes against the Socceroos.
