Kuznetsov named the most amazing teams and players at the World Cup

MOSCOW, June 30 - RIA Novosti. Two-time world champion in hockey as a member of the Russian national team, Evgeny Kuznetsov, in a FONtour release from the 2026 World Cup, said that what surprised him most at the World Cup so far was Lionel Messi, as well as the national teams of Cape Verde and DR Congo.

Messi scored six goals in three matches in the group stage of the World Cup. The Argentine became the top scorer in the history of the tournament (19), the oldest scorer of a hat-trick (38 years 357 days), and also the author of the longest scoring streak at the world championships (7 matches).

“Cape Verde and Congo are two teams that surprised. And the player, I don’t know, Messi surprised me that he is still at this age and at this level,” Kuznetsov noted.

When asked about the best player of the group stage, Kuznetsov replied: “I liked Holland.”