Nick Ames

It is the 40th anniversary of Diego Maradona’s exploits against England. The scene is set for Lionel Messi to imbue the date with fresh significance

Messi’s first-half goal took him ahead of Germany’s Miroslav Klose as top scorer in the history of the tournament

It had to be Lionel Messi, it had to be on this day and perhaps it even needed to be in Dallas too.

An exhausted Lionel Messi savoured the “special” feeling of becoming the World Cup's all-time record goalscorer after his double gave Argentina a 2-0 victory over Austria

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Portugal rediscovered their goalscoring touch with a 5-0 trouncing of Uzbekistan in Group K

The 41-year-old icon ends his tournament goal drought.

Forward on the misunderstanding of his role and momentum the four-time champions have put together for a winning World Cup campaign after topping their group

It was a result that served everybody but, even though the mutual convenience of a draw became evident rapidly, at least this game conjured up two moments to cherish.

Anthony Elanga cancelled out Daizen Maeda’s opener in a result that puts both teams into the knockouts