PROF. INKSWORTH:
Two World Cups, two finals, a winner's medal and a Golden Boot before turning twenty-four. The hat-trick in a losing final is the sort of footnote that outlives most trophies.
- His twelve World Cup goals, all before the age of twenty-four, drew him level with Pelé on the all-time list.
- Only the second man to score in two World Cup finals on consecutive occasions, after Brazil's Vavá in 1958 and 1962.
- The 2022 final hat-trick was the first in a World Cup final since Geoff Hurst's for England in 1966 — and it still wasn't enough to win.