Atlanta, Usa — Lionel Messi v Mohamed Salah. Footballing legends. National icons. Argentina face Egypt in Atlanta on Tuesday (17:00 BST) for a place in the 2026 World Cup quarter-final. It is also a meeting of two of the game's greatest players. Messi, 39, and Salah, 34, are both in the autumn of their careers. Messi has already suggested this will be his last World Cup, although Salah is still hoping to play in 2030. Follow us on WhatsApp | LinkedIn for the latest headlines Their World Cup story is very different. Messi is a World Cup winner. He is the tournament's all-time top scorer, appearance maker and is joint top scorer this summer. For Salah, it has been a different narrative. In his third World Cup for Egypt, this is his first time in the knockout rounds, with his country in the l