Messi’s Argentina and Mbappe’s France faced each other in the final game of 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Argentina and France, who have won the World Cup 2 times each, sweated to wear the 3rd star.
At the same time, the France and Argentina stars are teammates at Qatar-owned Paris St.-Germain, they raced to become the top player who scores most goals in the tournament.
The match went into overtime as France caught 2-2 out of 2-0 with a terrific comeback. In overtime, Argentina brought the score 3-2 with Messi but Mbappe, who scored a hat-trick in 118, tied the score 3-3 again. When there was no sound of another goal in the giant final, penalty shootouts were started. Argentina, which outperformed its opponent in penalty results, became the champion of the 2022 World Cup.
Argentina and France faced off at the Lusail Stadium in the 2022 FIFA World Cup final held in Qatar. Argentina took the lead 1-0 with Messi’s penalty goal in the 23rd minute. In the 36th minute, Di Maria made the score 2-0. The third goal of the match came from Mbappe for France in the 80th minute. Just then, at 81, again Mbappe scored the goal that made the score 2-2. After 90 minutes of the match ended in a draw, the challange went on.
Messi made the 3rd goal of Argentina in extra time, but the score got leveled again with a 3-3 goal by Mbappe, who scored a hat trick in 118. When there was no another goal in the final, penalty shootouts were started. Defeating Argentina 4-2 on penalties, Argentina won the World Cup and made history.
At the end of the match, where Szymon Marciniak from the Football Federation blew his whistle, Argentina, which achieved its third victory in the World Cup, earned the right to wear the third star.
