KOLKATA: A hat-trick by Argentine legend Lionel Messi and a brace each by French star Kylian Mbappe and Norway’s Erling Haaland sent soccer fans in Kolkata into a delirium on wonder Wednesday. Caught in the frenzied political developments unfolding at home over the past month-and-a-half, the Fifa World Cup came to its own on Wednesday with Messi, Mbappe and Haaland setting the pitch on fire.

Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland produced one of the most memorable days in FIFA World Cup history on Tuesday.

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