- Messi won’t start vs. Jordan after scoring five goals in Argentina’s first two games — including a World Cup hat trick — and breaking the all-time World Cup scoring record (18).
- Argentina has already clinched first in Group J, so Scaloni is resting Messi; he could get about 10 days’ rest before the knockout stage and the match doesn’t affect the bracket.
- Messi leads the Golden Boot race with five goals, but several players are close (four are one goal behind and Mbappé is two back).
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