Argentina Sunday evening won the 2022 World. Up in Qatar.
The match which was decided by penalty shootouts saw Argentina scoring four of its kicks while France scored only two.
The two teams had earlier finished the 120 minutes full and extra time on 3-3 goal line.
The first 45 minutes of the encounter had ended with Argentina leading with two goals.
France, after a long time of domination by Argentina came back to control after Mbape scored two goals within two minutes.
Arguably the greatest player in the world, Lionel Messi inspired his team to a hard earned victory over defending world champions winning on penalties 4-2 after the match ended 3-3 after extra time in what most would call the most interesting world cup final in recent times.
Messi had scored a brace and Kylian Mbappe scoring hat trick to become the second player to score an hat trick at the world cup final.
Gonzalo Montiel rolled in the deciding penalty to give Argentina their third World Cup and prevent France becoming the first team in 60 years to retain the trophy.
Messi had opened the scoring from the penalty spot midway through the first half before Angel Di Maria doubled Argentina’s lead at the end of a brilliant counter-attack in the 36th minute.
But the astonishing Mbappe breathed life into the holders as he pulled one back from the penalty spot with 10 minutes to go before equalising in stunning fashion just 60 seconds later to force extra time.
Messi then seemed to have decided the contest in Argentina’s favour once and for all when he converted a rebound in the 109th minute, only for Mbappe to net from another spot-kick, bringing the game level at 3-3 and forcing a shoot-out.
The third World Cup final penalty shoot-out started with Messi and Mbappe both scoring, but Kingsley Coman’s next kick for France was saved and Aurelien Tchouameni then crucially missed the target.
It is the second time in five World Cups that France have lost the final on penalties after they were beaten by Italy in 2006, and it is Argentina who are champions for the first time since 1986.
Argentina now have won their three World Cup in three different continent after been crowned the World Champions in Qatar
AWARDS FOR THE GAME
Messi won the Golden Ball for the best player at this year’s World Cup after leading Argentina to victory in the final against France.
This is Messi Second Golden Ball Award at the FIFA World Cup after winning it previously at Brazil in 2014
Kylian Mbappe won the Golden Boot for the tournament’s top scorer with eight goals, one ahead of the Argentine skipper who scored seven goals.
Argentina’s Emiliano Martinez took the Golden Glove for the World Cup’s best goalkeeper, while his compatriot Enzo Fernandez, 21, was named the best young player at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
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