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Detailed explanation-1: -That came on the back of the same rule being in place for the Club World Cup final the year before. Alvaro Morata was the player to make history as football’s fourth sub, replacing Cristiano Ronaldo as Real Madrid beat Kashima Antlers 4-2.

Detailed explanation-2: -Seller was the first player ever to appear in 20 World Cup matches and the first ever to score in four World Cups (a record he beat Pelé to by only a few minutes).

Detailed explanation-3: -Lionel Messi of Argentina has won the most Man of the Match awards at the FIFA World Cup, with 11. Messi won Man of the Match awards in four of the last five World Cups he participated in. He leads Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal, who has the second-most FIFA World Cup Man of the Match awards with seven.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first use of a substitute in international football was on 15 April 1889, in the match between Wales and Scotland at Wrexham.

Detailed explanation-5: -The FIRST player to take penalty in a shootout in World Cup finals was Alain Giresse of France, who scored the FIRST ever penalty in a shootout where France lost 4:5 to West Germany.