Two things have undoubtedly been true this summer: The superstars are shining, and the Golden Boot odds seem to be changing every minute.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 have traded spectacular performances all summer long in a generational battle for the Golden Boot.<\/p>\n
However, Mbapp\u00e9 and France’s World Cup dreams came to an end on Tuesday, falling to Spain 2-0 in the semifinals.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Despite the loss, it is extremely important to note that Mbapp\u00e9 has not been knocked out of the Golden Boot race. France will play in the third-place game on Saturday, and any goals scored in that match will count toward the Golden Boot tally.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As it currently stands, both Mbapp\u00e9 and Messi lead the tournament in goals with eight apiece. If the two superstars remain tied at the end of the tournament, the winner of the award would come down to tiebreakers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The tiebreaker is as follows:<\/p>\n
Currently, Mbapp\u00e9 has three assists while Messi has two. Messi and Argentina will face England in its semifinal showdown on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Let’s dive into the updated Golden Boot odds at FanDuel Sportsbook as of July 14.<\/p>\n
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Lionel Messi: -160 (bet $10 to win $26.50 total)
Kylian Mbapp\u00e9: +190 (bet $10 to win $29 total)
Harry Kane: +1100 (bet $10 to win $120 total)
Jude Bellingham: +2700 (bet $10 to win $280 total)
Mikel Oyarzabal: +6000 (bet $10 to win $610 total)<\/p>\n
Here’s what to know about this oddsboard:<\/p>\n
The Tally: <\/strong>So far this summer, Messi and Mbapp\u00e9 lead the tournament with eight goals apiece, Haaland has seven, Harry Kane and Bellingham have tallied six, Mikel Oyarzabal has five and Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 has four.\u00a0<\/p>\n History Made: <\/strong>With his hat trick against Algeria, <\/strong>Messi tied Miroslav Klose for the most goals in men’s World Cup history with 16, while also setting the record as the oldest player (38) to record a hat trick, passing Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi is now up to 21 career World Cup goals, extending another<\/i> record, this one for the most goals by any man or woman in World Cup history. He has now scored eight of Argentina’s 16 goals this tournament, and became the first player since the 1960s to score in six straight knockout stage games. However, in Argentina’s quarterfinal win over Switzerland, Messi did not score, ending his streak of nine straight World Cup games with a goal. Meanwhile, Mbapp\u00e9, with his dominant offensive performance this tournament, now has 20 career World Cup goals, passing Klose as the second-most in men\u2019s World Cup history. With his goal in France’s quarterfinal win over Morocco, Mbapp\u00e9 has scored his 20th career World Cup goal, the second-most of any player in tournament history in just his 20th match. He now has 12 knockout stage goals at the World Cup, extending his record for the most of any player ever. \u00a0Mbapp\u00e9 is also the first player ever to score eight goals in two separate World Cups.\u00a0<\/p>\n Bellingham’s Rise: <\/strong>Meanwhile, it was Jude Bellingham who stole the show on Saturday. With his second brace in as many games, Bellingham became the third English player ever to score six goals at a single World Cup. Bellingham is the first player to score two or more goals in consecutive World Cup knockout stage games at the same tournament since Diego Maradona in 1986. Bellingham and England will face Argentina in the semifinals on Wednesday with a chance to add to his tally.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY Two things have undoubtedly been true this summer: The superstars are shining, and the Golden Boot odds seem to be changing every minute.\u00a0 Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 have traded spectacular performances all summer long in a generational battle for the Golden Boot. However, Mbapp\u00e9 and France’s World Cup dreams came […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}