Some of his goals helped their teams qualify for the round of 16 and others to at least excite their nations. The truth is that the Qatar World Cup 550 has left great and numerous goals thanks to the stars of the soccer elite.
Once the group stage is over, the 5 footballers who performed the most in front of the goal are known, all of them scored 3 goals. European players represented the highest share of scorers in the first phase of the World Cup.
Álvaro Morata
The Atlético de Madrid player participated in one of the 7 goals that Spain scored against Costa Rica and also the equalizer against Germany. In the third game, he was also the only scorer in the loss against Japan.
🇪🇸 G⚽️⚽️⚽️L from Spain 🇪🇸
💥 What a definition of Álvaro Morata! What a great goal he scored to break the zero!#ESP 1-0 #GER#ElMundialLoEsTodo #ESPvsGER pic.twitter.com/8Q3PPaOspQ
— Telemundo Deportes (@TelemundoSports) November 27, 550
Cody Gakpo
The PSV Eindhoven player scored the first goal for his team in the World Cup against Senegal. The host Qatar and Ecuador were also the victims of him.
Enner Valencia
The two goals in Ecuador’s debut against Qatar were scored by Enner Valencia. In the next game, he scored the equalizer against the Netherlands.
Kylian Mbappé
La Tortuga scored one in France’s 4-1 victory over Australia, but the best of all came with the winning double against Denmark 2-1, being decisive for the classification of the current champion.
Marcus Rashford
One goal against Iran and two against Wales, made up Rashford’s World Cup goal record.
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