Mbappé & Messi on Fire, Ronaldo Stuck on Zero
from Summer '26: A Global Soccer Showdown Hosted by Gary Striker and The Qooligan
The strikers struck — and one of them is still stuck on zero. On the final day of the group stage's second round, Gary Striker and The Qooligan break down a glorious day of goals on Day 12 of World Cup 2026. Kylian Mbappé looks reborn in a France shirt, silencing the doubters (and the petition) with a brilliant display against Iraq. Lionel Messi scored twice to break the all-time World Cup goalscoring record outright — and the guys dig into whether Argentina are genuine contenders or still just the Messi show, plus the casual genius that sets him apart from a visibly tense Ronaldo (and the one surprising flaw in his game). By The Qooligan's own number-crunching, this is shaping up as the most free-scoring World Cup group stage in generations — with a red-card count to match. There's the game of the day, too: Erling Haaland's Norway edging a hugely disappointing Senegal 3-2 in a Viking carnival, Algeria sending a plucky Jordan home, and a quick word on the Fox booth turning on Alexi Lalas. Then today: a frustrated Cristiano Ronaldo, still goalless and starting anyway, as Portugal face Uzbekistan; Harry Kane chasing a runaway Golden Boot race against Ghana; and Croatia, Colombia and DR Congo all with something to play for before sudden-death Decision Day arrives. New episodes of Summer '26 every day of the tournament at hooligan-soccer.com.
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