One day, three headline forwards, four decisive results. The June 16 board was clean and loud: France beat Senegal 3–1, Norway beat Iraq 4–1, Argentina beat Algeria 3–0, and Austria beat Jordan 3–1. 1 2 3 4

Slide 1 — scorelines. France needed second-half fire: Kylian Mbappé scored in the 66th and 90+6th minutes, with Bradley Barcola adding the other goal; Ibrahim Mbaye scored Senegal’s stoppage-time reply. 1 Norway’s 4–1 over Iraq came through a Haaland brace, Leo Østigård’s header, and a late Aymen Hussein own goal after Hussein had equalised for Iraq. 2

Slide 2 — storylines. Messi’s hat-trick put Argentina top of Group J and levelled him with Miroslav Klose on 16 World Cup goals. 3 Mbappé’s late strike made him France’s all-time top scorer with 58 goals. 1 Jordan still got its first-ever World Cup goal through Ali Olwan in a brave 3–1 loss to Austria. 5

Slide 3 — stars & stats. Messi: 3 goals, 16 World Cup goals. Mbappé: 2 goals, 58 France goals. Haaland: 2 goals on his World Cup debut. Hussein: Iraq’s historic goal, then a brutal late own goal. 2 3

Slide 4 — the timeline. CGTN’s recap framed the day around Messi’s hat-trick, Mbappé’s brace, Haaland’s double, and Ali Olwan’s first Jordan goal. 6 Sportstar’s X post put Hussein on a rare World Cup list after scoring both a goal and an own goal in the same match. 7 The next debate is already set: Portugal vs DR Congo, England vs Croatia, Ghana vs Panama, and Uzbekistan vs Colombia. 8