FIFA World Cup 2022 Finals: Messi and co lifts the world cup after winning penalties

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FIFA World Cup 2022 Finals: Messi and co lifts the world cup after winning penalties

With seven Ballon d'Or, the 2014 World Cup Golden Ball and several player of the year awards, Messi has won it all but a World Cup trophy is missing from the cabinet.

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December 18, 2022 22:50 IST
FIFA World Cup 2022 Finals: Messi and co lifts the world cup after winning penalties
FIFA World Cup 2022 Finals: Messi and co lifts the world cup after winning penalties

New Delhi: Argentina has created history and it is a perfect farewell for their captain Lionel Messi. The world witnessed a clash to remember for ages as the game went into penalties after 3-3. With seven Ballon d’Or, the 2014 World Cup Golden Ball and several player of the year awards, Messi, now has won the World Cup trophy also. A superb performance from Martinez, both during before the full-time and in the penalties has anchored the historic win. These two goals from Messi and a stunner from Di Maria will be remembered in the books of football history.

France and Kylian Mbappe tried their best as Mbappe became the first man to score a hat trick in the World Cup finals. Nonetheless, he takes home the Golden Boot with an incredible performance in the tournament.

Live Updates:

# Argentina is the new world champion!

# Muani scores for France.

# Paredes takes it to 3-1.

# Tchouameni misses completely.

# Dybala scores and Argentina leads 2-1.

# Martinez saves! Coman misses it in front of the keeper.

# Messi goes with a cheeky strike and it is 1-1.

# Kylian Mbappe scores in the first penalty. Martinez got his hands to the ball, but it goes through.

# WHAT A MATCH! The game will be decided by the penalties.

# Tagliafico goes out and Dybala is in for Argentina.

# 118′ Hattrick for Mbappe!

# The ball strikes the elbow and the referee awards a penalty to France.

# Leandro Paredes gets a yellow card for a nasty tackle.

# 108′ Messi strikes again! Martinez struck a shot and Lloris saved, just for Messi to score the goal.

# Argentina misses two close chances.

# Score stands at 2-2 and there is more extra time to go. Will the finals go into the penalties?

# Yellow card for Marcos Acuna.

# Great save from Lloris after Messi tries to score.

# Giroud unhappy with the free kicks comes onto the pitch and gets a yellow card for it.

# France goes on offence after the corner but Martinez saves well. Score: 2-2

# The game goes into 8 minutes of extra time.

# Yellow card to Thuram.

# 81′ Another one from Mbappe. Assist from Thuram and a stunning strike by Mbappe to equalise.

# 80′ Kylian Mbappe scores in penalty as Martinez had almost saved it.

# Penalty for France! 

# France has taken just two shots in the game, just shows the dominance of Argentina.

# Marcos Acuna comes in for Angel Di Maria,

# Alvarez enters the French defence and takes a strike as Lloris saves it.

# Nasty tackle there by Adrien Rabiot. De Paul holds his leg and the referee shows a yellow card to Rabiot.

# Corner for France and the ball goes direct to Martinez.

# Can France do a Netherlands here?

# Half-time: Argentina has the game under control with a lead of 2-0.

# Marcus Thuram comes in for Giroud and Muani for Dembele.

# 36′ Di Maria scores this time and Argentina has a decisive lead now. A great assist from Mac Allister as Di Maria beats the keeper. And don’t forget it was Messi who passed the ball to Mac Allister here.

# Corner for Argentina and Giroud defends well there.

# 23′ Lionel Messi scores the first one of the night! What a conversion of the penalty and he now leads the race for the Golden Boot.

# Penalty for Argentina!

# France had a free kick and Giroud gets his head to the ball but misses this time.

# Argentina continues the attack and France earns a free kick in the 10th minute as Romero collides with Lloris.

# Lloris saved this one and the referee says it was offside.

# Match kicks off.

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