Messi's Golden Boot Path in World Cup Final

Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé are competing for the Golden Boot, which goes to the top scorer of the World Cup.

Mbappé has 10 goals and 4 assists, while Messi has 8 goals and 4 assists.

Messi needs to score three goals in the final to win outright.

If he scores two goals and assists once, he wins on the first tiebreaker.

If he scores two goals without assisting, the award goes to whoever has played fewer minutes.

Messi has played 57 minutes less than Mbappé, so he needs to play fewer than 57 minutes in the final to win on the tiebreaker.