ARLINGTON, Texas — Lionel Messi now has the World Cup scoring record with 18 goals in his career after scoring twice in a 2-0 victory Monday over Austria.

He scored in the 38th minute and again in stoppage time after missing a penalty kick in the ninth minute Monday in Dallas. The goal for the record of 17 gave Argentina a 1-0 lead two days before Messi’s 39th birthday, and amid the concern of an ailing father back at home.

It was the sixth consecutive World Cup game in which Messi has scored. He entered the game even with Germany striker Miroslav Klose, whose 16 was later matched by Frances’s Kylian Mbappe.

A weather first for World Cup

PHILADELPHIA — Heavy rain and thunderstorms prompted a rare World Cup weather delay on Monday, when the halftime break during a match between France and Iraq lasted 2 hours, 10 minutes.

It was the first rain delay of the tournament and the first time in at least several decades that a World Cup match was delayed midgame because of inclement weather. Halftime began at 5:50 p.m. and the game resumed at 8 p.m. — 1 hour, 55 minutes longer than the scheduled 15-minute halftime break.

France played through the rain and muck to beat Iraq 3-0 behind two goals from Kylian Mbappe.

There was also heavy rain ahead of Monday night’s game between Norway and Senegal in East Rutherford, New Jersey, which started on time.