N’Golo Kanté breaks Barcelona legend Xavi’s all-time record in France’s win over Belgium

Barcelona legend Xavi has on Monday seen a long-standing personal record broken, by a leading member of the French midfield ranks.

The player in question? N’Golo Kanté.

Kanté, for his part, was of course back in action a short time ago.

As much came as France locked horns with Belgium, in the Last-16 of the European Championships.

The former Chelsea man went on to play a starring role for his country, who ultimately emerged on the right side of a hard-fought 1-0 result.

And, as alluded to above, in the process, midfielder Kanté secured for himself an altogether noteworthy piece of history.

Prior to Monday, the player with the most appearances without suffering a single defeat in the history of the Euros was the aforementioned Xavi.

The Barcelona icon took to the pitch on 11 occasions in the tournament, without a single loss on his record.

Kanté, though, has now managed as much 12 times, ahead of an upcoming quarter-final showdown with one of Portugal, or Slovenia.

Conor Laird | GSFN