PolymarketQuestion: Will Messi score a goal with his right foot in the 2026 World Cup tournament? Resolution criteria: This market resolves YES if Lionel Messi scores at least one goal where the final, decisive contact with the ball before it crosses the goal line is made with his right foot, in any match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament proper. It resolves NO otherwise. Definitions and edge cases to specify: • Counted matches: Only goals in the official tournament (group stage through final). Specify whether qualifiers count (almost certainly no) and whether the third-place playoff counts (yes). • “Scored by Messi”: The goal must be officially credited to Messi by the resolution source. Deflected shots that are still credited to him count; own goals he forces do not. • Right foot determination: This is the crux. Penalty kicks taken with his right foot count. For open-play goals, the foot is whatever the resolution source records. Because Messi is famously left-footed and right-foot goals are rare, you must name a source that actually tags goal foot. • Goals in shootouts: Specify explicitly. Penalty shootout goals are conventionally not counted as “goals” in player stats, so the standard choice is that shootout goals do not count. State this. • If Messi does not play / is injured / Argentina doesn’t qualify: Resolves NO (he scored no such goal).
Question: Will Messi score a goal with his right foot in the 2026 World Cup tournament? Resolution criteria: This market resolves YES if Lionel Messi scores at least one goal where the final, decisive contact with the ball before it crosses the goal line is made with his right foot, in any match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament proper. It resolves NO otherwise. Definitions and edge cases to specify: • Counted matches: Only goals in the official tournament (group stage through final). Specify whether qualifiers count (almost certainly no) and whether the third-place playoff counts (yes). • “Scored by Messi”: The goal must be officially credited to Messi by the resolution source. Deflected shots that are still credited to him count; own goals he forces do not. • Right foot determination: This is the crux. Penalty kicks taken with his right foot count. For open-play goals, the foot is whatever the resolution source records. Because Messi is famously left-footed and right-foot goals are rare, you must name a source that actually tags goal foot. • Goals in shootouts: Specify explicitly. Penalty shootout goals are conventionally not counted as “goals” in player stats, so the standard choice is that shootout goals do not count. State this. • If Messi does not play / is injured / Argentina doesn’t qualify: Resolves NO (he scored no such goal).