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.
One more time ??#FIFAWorldCup | #Qatar2022 pic.twitter.com/2tgYdhn7ms
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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.
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ARGENTINA ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS!! ??#FIFAWorldCup | #Qatar2022
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# 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.
This is where heroes are made…
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# WHAT A MATCH! The game will be decided by the penalties.
# Tagliafico goes out and Dybala is in for Argentina.
Have you ever seen anything like it!? ?
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# 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.
⚽️ 80′
⚽️ 81′An incredible turnaround! ? pic.twitter.com/gkc3QboYCo
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# 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.
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# 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.
As cool as you like, on the biggest stage of them all ?
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⚽️ Group stage
⚽️ Round of 16
⚽️ Quarter-final
⚽️ Semi-final
⚽️ FinalMessi has led the way at this #FIFAWorldCup ? pic.twitter.com/vx3FqDQTwk
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# 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.
