Lionel Messi’s dream of becoming a world champion has come true. Argentina beat France 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out in the FIFA World Cup final played on Sunday. Both the teams were tied at 2-2 till the stipulated 90 minutes.
The match was tied 3-3 after extra time. After this, the decision was taken by penalty shootout. Messi scored two goals in the final. At the same time, Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick for France.
Argentina has won the World Cup after 36 years. Earlier, he got the title success in 1986. This is Argentina’s overall third title. The team became world champion for the first time in 1978.
At the same time, France’s dream of becoming world champion for the second time in a row remained incomplete. The team became the champion in 2018. France has lost in the penalty shootout in the final of the World Cup for the second time.
Earlier in 2006, they had lost in the penalty shootout in the final against Italy.
mbappe won the Golden Boot
With 3 goals in the final, Embappé has 8 goals in this World Cup. He received the Golden Boot Award of the tournament. After that, Lionel Messi of Argentina scored 7 goals in the tournament. Messi also made 3 assists in the tournament.
Messi, who won his team, was given the Golden Ball Award for this performance. This award is given to the player of the tournament. Argentina’s goalkeeper Emilio Martinez received the Golden Gloves Award. At the same time, Enzo Fernandez received the Young Player of the Tournament award.
France’s first goal in the 80th minute
In the 79th minute, Kolo Muani of France reached Argentina’s penalty box with the ball. Argentina’s Otamendi fouled him. Due to this, the referee gave France a chance to shoot the penalty.
Kylian Mbappe takes the penalty and hits the bottom left corner. Argentina goalkeeper Emilio Martínez was unable to keep the shot from going into the net.
Mbappé scored the second goal in 97 seconds
After the score line was 2-1 in the 80th minute, France continued to attack. In the 81st minute, Coman of France took the ball and passed it to fellow player Kylian Mbappé. Mbappe passes the ball to Thuram and Thuram passes the ball back to Mbappe.
Mbappé took the ball towards Argentina’s penalty box and once again shot towards the bottom left corner. The goalkeeper of Argentina could not stop it from going into the goal and the score line became equal to 2-2.
Mbappe’s hat trick in the 118th minute
In the 116th minute, Kylian Embappé of France hit a shot toward Argentina’s penalty box. The ball hit the arm of Argentina’s Montiel standing in the box. The referee saw it and awarded the penalty to France.
Kylian Mbappé equalized the team this time by hitting a shot on the bottom right side. After this goal, the score line became 3-3.
France showed amazing in the second half
France dominated the second half. French player Kylian Embappé scored two goals in the 80th and 81st minutes of the second half. In the second half, both the teams had 6 shots on goal, but only France could convert 2 shots on goal. In the second half, Argentina took 2 and France took 3 corners.