In the group stage of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil, all 32 national teams played three matches. The average scoring performance of these meetings was at a high level, so now we can talk about the best scorers at the start of the championship.
Among the most productive scorers at the start of the World Cup, it is worth highlighting three players who scored four goals into the opponents' goal.
Neymar
Brazilian striker Neymar is one of the Pentacampires' main hopes for gold medals. The footballer has already shown his talent as a real forward in the first three matches. In the first meeting with the Croatian team, Neymar scored twice, then a goalless draw with Mexico followed. In the final meeting of the group stage, Brazil played against Cameroon. Neymar re-issued a double, which allowed the Pentacampion striker to become the first among the players of the rest of the national teams who managed to score four goals.
Lionel Messi
The leader and captain of the Argentina national team does not lag behind the Brazilian striker in terms of performance. Unlike Neymar, Messi has scored in every group stage match. Moreover, in two games Lionel's goals were victorious. Messi scored once into the gates of the teams of Bosnia and Iran, and the Nigerian striker shipped as many as two goals in the first half.
Thomas Muller
The German striker became the first player to score a hat trick at the World Cup. In the German debut against Portugal, Müller scored three goals. In the next game against Ghana, the striker could not distinguish himself, but in the third round match, Müller scored the only and winning goal against the Nigeria national team. Thus, the German striker caught up with Messi and Neymar in terms of goals scored.
In addition to these players, statistics note several more names of those who were able to distinguish themselves three times. Players such as Robin Van Persie, Arjen Robben, Enver Valencia, Djerdan Shaqiri, Karim Benzema are the main pursuers of the top scorers of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
