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The La Albiceleste of Argentina today won the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup after defeating the defending champions France by 4-2 on penalties at the Lusail stadium in Doha Qatar.
Messi opened scoring in the 27th minute of the encounter, when Barcelona forward, Dembele brought down Di Maria and the resultant penalty led to the La albiceleste first goal of the encounter.
A nicely done interplay from Lionel Messi and neat low drive pass from Mc Alister to Di Maria on the left exposed the French defense and led to their Argentina’s second goal of the night.
First half ended 2-0 in the favour the Argentines.
However, France started the resurgence late in the second half when a French player was fouled in the box 18 and Mbappe stepped up to convert it to put scores at 2-1.
Mbappe again latched on to a pass from the middle to volley home the equalizer in the 81st minute to level up proceedings.
However, Lionel Messi latched on to a loose ball in the 108 minute of extra time after France Goalie Hugo Loris parried a shot to tuck in Argentina’s third goal of the encounter.
Shortly after an Argentine defender handled the ball in the box 18 and the referee pointed to the spot for a penalty for France.
Mbappe stepped up again and converted to even scores up.
Argentina eventually won 4-2 after converting four penalties as against France’s 2.
Meanwhile, Mbappe went home with the tournament’s golden boot awards after notching up 8 goals with a hattrick in the final.
Messi won the Golden Ball at the 2022 World Cup, cementing him as the best player at the tournament.
He missed out on the Golden Boot by one goal to Kylian Mbappe, but Messi will take the title over any individual honors.
He managed to break through some great defensive teams and propelled the team through two penalty shootouts, including one in the final.
Mbappe won the silver ball award as the second best at the Mundial while Luca Modric won the bronze Award.
Argentina’s Enzo Fernandez won the young player of the tornament award after an impressive tournament by the Benfica lad.
Argentina’s goalie, Emiliano Martinez also scooped the golden gloves awards for his heroics in between the sticks.The goalie saved series of penalties at the mundial.