Qatar 2022 World Cup Final Report:
Argentina ๐ฆ๐ท7-5 France ๐ซ๐ท; (The two sides tied 22 in 90 minutes, 3-3 in extra time, penalty shootout) Argentina won the World Cup for the third time after 1978 and 1986, and Messi officially fulfilled his dream.
French President Emmanuel Macron came to watch. Messi started and made history in his 26th World Cup appearance, surpassing Mateus' record of 25 games. At the beginning, Argentina played aggressively, and the French team also patiently dealt with it, the defense retreated, and the scene was dull for a while. In the 21st minute, Dembele tripped Di Maria in the box, the referee pointed to the penalty, Messi calmly shot into the bottom right corner to score, Argentina 1-0 France lead, Messi temporarily led the top scorer with six goals. In the 36th minute, Argentina counterattacked at the back, McAllister crossed, Di Maria followed from the left and pushed into the far corner to extend the score 2-0. France woke up from a dream and launched a counter-attack, and in the 41st minute, France replaced Giroud and Dembele with Muani and Thuram to strengthen the wing attack. Seven minutes into first-half stoppage time, Enzo received his first yellow card for a foul in stoppage time. Argentina led the first half 2-0.
In the 64th minute of the second half, Argentina's main hero Di Maria was replaced by Acuรฑa. In the 70th minute, France replaced Te'o and Griezmann with Camavinga and Koeman for the final game. In the 80th minute, the situation changed drastically, France's Muani was pulled down in the box to win a penalty, Kylian Mbappe hit the penalty, France 1-2 to win a city. Mbappe also scored six, on par with Messi. Just two minutes later, it was Mbappe and Thuram who combined to hit the wall and strafe the net with their right foot, France 2-2 Argentina, and the two sides returned to the same running line. Kylian Mbappe has scored seven goals and is the leader. In the 90th minute, the two sides drew 2-2 and went into extra time.
In the first half of extra time, in the 96th minute, France replaced Rabiot with Fofana. In 102 minutes, Argentina replaced DePaul with Paredes and Lautaro replaced Alvarez. Argentina had two chances but neither took it.
In the second half of extra time, in the 109th minute, Lowry saved the ball and Messi scored to give Argentina a 3-2 lead again by France, and Messi's goal equalled Mbappe. In the 117th minute, Mbappe shot on goal, hit the hands of the Argentine player, penalty, Mbappe himself took the penalty, France 3-3 Argentina, personal goals reached eight, this hat-trick. In the final moments, both sides had their own chances to score, and Muani's one-handed goal was blocked by Martinez with his foot. The final draw was 3-3. Enter the penalty shootout.
In the first round, France's Kylian Mbappe scored on penalties, Argentina's Lionel Messi scored on penalties, 1-1;
In the second round, France's Koeman penalty was saved by Martinez, Argentina's Dybala scored a penalty, 1-2;
In the third round, France's Chuameni shot deflected, Argentina's Paredes scored on penalties, 1-3;
In the fourth round, France scored on penalties, Argentina scored on penalties, 2-4;
Argentina won the championship and Mbappe won the top scorer, the Golden Boot.
