FIFA 2026: England won with Harry Kane’s great record, entered the pre-quarterfinals by defeating DR Congo

In a very exciting match of the ‘Round of 32’ of the FIFA World Cup 2026, England has secured the ticket for the pre-quarterfinals by defeating DR Congo 2-1. Now on July 6, England will face host Mexico at the Mexico City Stadium, which could be the biggest match of this tournament. In this high-voltage match played at the Atlanta Stadium, the England team was trailing by one goal at one time, but captain Harry Kane turned the tables with his magical play. He scored two brilliant goals in the match and made the team return to the match and wrote the script of victory. With this victory, 1966 champion England has also proudly maintained its unbeaten record of 10 matches of never losing against African teams in World Cup history.

Harry Kane created history: joined Messi-Mbappe’s ‘elite club’

By scoring two goals on the Atlanta field, England captain Harry Kane has registered his name in golden letters in football history. He has become the first England player to score 5 or more goals in more than one FIFA World Cup tournament. Harry Kane is currently the greatest player of all time to score the most goals for England in both men’s international football and the FIFA World Cup. After this success against DR Congo, his total number of goals in the FIFA World Cup 2026 has increased to 5.

Golden Boot winner’s journey: equaling the records of Klose and Muller

This star striker of Bayern Munich made his FIFA World Cup debut in the year 2018, where he won the ‘Golden Boot’ by scoring 6 goals alone. After this, he scored 2 goals in the 2022 World Cup and now in the 2026 tournament he has once again touched the magical figure of 5 goals.

Talking about the world’s greatest footballers, after Teofilo Cubillas (Peru), Miroslav Klose (Germany), Thomas Müller (Germany), Lionel Messi (Argentina) and Kylian Mbappé (France), Harry Kane has become only the sixth player in the world to have scored 5 or more goals in two different World Cup editions.

The race for number 1 is going on between Messi and Mbappe.

If we look at the history of the World Cup, Germany’s Miroslav Klose had scored 5 goals each in (2002 and 2006), while Thomas Muller repeated this feat in (2010 and 2014). Argentina’s great player Lionel Messi had scored 7 goals while making his team champion in 2022 and this year also he has scored 6 goals so far in the 2026 World Cup. France’s sensational striker Kylian Mbappe had scored 8 goals in the last World Cup and this time too he has scored 6 goals. Harry Kane is now giving tough competition to these giants.

Top players with most goals in FIFA World Cup history (All-Time)