Four matches, three megastar storylines, one very easy timeline hook.

Verified board: France beat Senegal 3-1; Norway beat Iraq 4-1; Argentina beat Algeria 3-0; Austria beat Jordan 3-1. ESPN reported Mbappé scored a brace, Haaland scored twice, and Messi hit a hat trick while tying Miroslav Klose on 16 World Cup goals. 1

NBC’s latest table has Group I led by Norway and France on 3 points, and Group J led by Argentina and Austria on 3 points. 2

🚨 DAY 6 WENT SUPERSTAR MODE.

Messi hat trick. Mbappé brace. Haaland brace.

Argentina 3-0 Algeria France 3-1 Senegal Norway 4-1 Iraq Austria 3-1 Jordan

This is what the expanded World Cup was supposed to feel like.

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You can write a whole tournament trailer from one day:

Mbappé wakes France up after halftime. Haaland arrives at his first World Cup with 2 goals. Messi drops a hat trick and ties the all-time World Cup goals record.

Day 6 was not a scoreboard. It was a reminder.

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Unpopular take:

The expanded World Cup format is messy, but days like this are why people are going to forgive it fast.

More teams. More storylines. And somehow Messi, Mbappé and Haaland all turned the same matchday into a global highlight reel.

Chaos sells. Stars still close.

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Who owned World Cup Day 6?

🇦🇷 Messi hat trick + Argentina 3-0 🇫🇷 Mbappé brace + France comeback surge 🇳🇴 Haaland brace + Norway top Group I on GD 🇦🇹 Austria opening win to keep pace in Group J

Vote with the flag. Argue in the replies.

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