With a historic Catalan stamp, England climbs the ranks of Spain in the World Cup

England equaled their Spanish counterpart’s all-time World Cup record after a valuable win over Croatia at the start of the Three Lions’ journey to the 2026 World Cup.

The English team performed particularly well in the second half and managed to… Taking a huge 4-2 win Scoring the first 3 points en route to reclaiming his second ever title.

The fourth goal, scored by Marcus Rashford, took England’s all-time World Cup tally to 108, moving them into sixth place on the list of top scorers, level with Spain, statesfoot reported.

The German team leads this historical list with 239 goals, one goal ahead of the Brazilian team.

Argentina is in third place by a wide margin as the tango dancers scored 155 goals, followed by France with 139 goals, followed by Italy, the absent team from the current draw, with 158 goals.

Interestingly, the goal that brought England level with Spain left a historic mark on Spanish giants Barcelona.

Rashford became the first England player to score against Barcelona in the history of the World Cup, as well as the first goal by a Catalan player in the current edition of the tournament, according to Mister Sheep statistics.