Qatar: France fought and lost. Argentina won the World Cup. Argentina won the crown in the final match of the FIFA World Cup 2022. This crown makes Messi as Maradona's successor. Argentina lifted the third World Cup after defeating defending champions France 4-2 in the shootout.
In the exciting fight in Qatar, the decision was decided by penalty. After being in the lead till the 80th minute, Argentina equalized with Mbappa's goal. Both teams scored one goal each in the extra time and the match was tied. With this, the match went to penalties. Argentina's victory is four goals against two in penalties.
The world title that was lost in 2014 has reached Messi's hands in 2022. Kylian Mbappe became the first player to score a hat-trick in the World Cup final. France's Kylian Mbappe failed to win the title despite scoring a hat-trick in the final. After the match was tied at 3-3 in the extra time, the penalty shootout was extended.
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All three of Mbappe's goals were in the moments when he faced defeat in the final against Argentina. This has left rivals Argentina reeling. Scalonian's tactics of subbing Angel Di Maria, DePaul and Alvarez failed. At the same time, young bloods including Kamavinga fought for France with their lives. Argentina beat France 4-2 in penalty shootout to clinch the title.
When the first half of the Argentina-France final match for the winner of the FIFA World Cup was over, the World Cup arc was almost decided. But Mbappe's goals were in the 80th and 81st minutes of regular time and in the 118th minute of the second half of extra time. Mbappe scored through a penalty in the 80th minute and extra time. With today's three goals, Mbappe has also taken the lead in the fight for the Golden Shoe with 8 goals in this World Cup.
Argentina was ahead against France in the final match of the Qatar World Cup with Messi's strength at the beginning. Messi's penalty goal was scored in the 23rd minute to give Argentina the lead. Argentina made the first breakthrough in the third minute. McCallister's long-range effort in the fifth minute was just wide of Lloris' hands. Soon after, DePaul's shot hit Varane and bounced out.
France appears in the picture after 10 minutes. In the 14th minute, France Argentinian reached the goal for the first time. In the 19th minute, Hernandez was fouled by DePaul and was awarded a free kick in favor of France. Giroud's flying header flew over the bar. The referee awarded a penalty in the 21st minute for Demaria bringing down Dembele. Messi put Argentina ahead in the 23rd minute as Lloris dived to the right and slotted the ball easily to the left. This is Messi's sixth goal in this World Cup
Angel Di Maria scored the second goal in the 36th minute. DiMaria took advantage of a break in the French defense and scored from McAllister's pass. With this, Deschamps was forced to withdraw Dembele and Giroud in the 42nd minute and drop Marcus Thuram and Kolo Mouni. Still, the French team was unable to launch a significant attack. On the other hand, Argentina dominated the first half. In the 71st minute, Mbappe tried to strike but the shot missed the target.
Then the game changed and it was Mbappe who changed the game. France were awarded a penalty for a foul on Otamendi in the 79th minute. Emi's jump was accurate but Mbappe's lightning hit the net. A brace from Kylian Mbappe in the second half brought France back into the game as Messi shook off a first-half lead through goals from Angel Di Maria and Lionel Messi. Mbappe scored through a penalty in the 80th minute and a good move in the 81st minute. France went ahead a minute later with Mbappe's flying finish. With this, the match went to extra time at 2-2. At the end of the second half, Argentina and France scored two goals each.
Lautaro Martinez squandered a golden opportunity. But in the 109th minute, after a brilliant save by Lloris, Messi found his second goal and Argentina took the lead 3-2. But in the 116th minute, Mbappe brought France back into the game with a penalty. With this, Mbappe completed a hat-trick. With this, the match went to a shootout at 3-3.
1-1 with Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi netting the first kicks. Kingsley Coman's second kick for France was saved by Amy Martinez. After that, Paulo Dybala scored to give Argentina a 2-1 lead. Then Tchouameni's shot went out. Meanwhile, Paredes was on target. France's fourth kick was scored by Kolo Muani, but Gonzalo Mondale's shot gave Argentina the World Cup title 4-2.
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