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FIFA World Cup 2022: Argentina beat France 4-2 on penalties to lift trophy

by Reuters
December 18, 2022
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Argentina won their third World Cup in extraordinary style on Sunday, beating France 4-2 in a penalty shootout after Lionel Messi scored twice in a 3-3 draw that featured a hat-trick for Kylian Mbappe as the holders recovered from 2-0 down after 80 minutes.

It was an incredible night of drama and fluctuating fortunes, delivering one of the all-time great finals to cap a wonderful tournament.

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Argentina’s forward #10 Lionel Messi during the Qatar 2022 World Cup final football match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium .
| Photo Credit: AFP

Argentina had looked to be cruising to a one-sided victory after Messi’s penalty and a brilliant goal by Angel Di Maria in the first half put them in total control but Mbappe converted an 80th-minute penalty and volleyed in an equaliser a minute later to take the game to extra time.

France’s forward #10 Kylian Mbappe (L) gestures towards Argentina’s forward #10 Lionel Messi (R) during the Qatar 2022 World Cup final football match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium.

France’s forward #10 Kylian Mbappe (L) gestures towards Argentina’s forward #10 Lionel Messi (R) during the Qatar 2022 World Cup final football match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium.
| Photo Credit: AFP

Messi put Argentina ahead again but Mbappe levelled with another penalty, becoming the second man to score a World Cup final hat-trick after Geoff Hurst for England 1966.

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That took the game to a shootout where Argentina keeper Emiliano Martinez saved Kingsley Coman’s penalty and Aurelien Tchouameni fired wide to give Gonzalo Montiel to chance to win it, which he gleefully took.

Argentina’s Emiliano Martinez saves a penalty from France’s Kingsley Coman during the penalty shootout

Argentina’s Emiliano Martinez saves a penalty from France’s Kingsley Coman during the penalty shootout
| Photo Credit: REUTERS

It meant that after his record 26th World Cup match, at the fifth and final time of asking, the 35-year-old Messi finally claimed the trophy that he and his nation demanded, lifting him up alongside Diego Maradona after the country’s first football God carried them to their emotional second triumph in 1986 following their first in 1978.

Argentina’s Lionel Messi lifts the World Cup trophy alongside teammates as they celebrate after winning the World Cup REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Argentina’s Lionel Messi lifts the World Cup trophy alongside teammates as they celebrate after winning the World Cup REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
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Nail-biting finale

It had all looked to be going so smoothly earlier.

Di Maria, with just a few minutes under his belt since the group stage, looked dangerous from the start and when he left Ousmane Dembele flailing with a neat turn, the flummoxed Frenchman clumsily tripped him from behind after 23 minutes. Messi took the penalty, calmly steering the ball low beyond Hugo Lloris and then Di Maria took centre stage again after 36 minutes when he finished off one of the best goals to grace a final.

Argentina’s Angel Di Maria scores their second goal

Argentina’s Angel Di Maria scores their second goal
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Nahuel Molina cushioned a first-time clearance to Alexis Mac Allister, who instantly played the ball to Messi. The captain changed the direction of attack with a great turn and layoff on halfway, Julian Alvarez clipped it back to Mac Allister, who advanced and slid the ball perfectly across the field for Di Maria to take in his stride and slot home.

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France had barely had a kick and coach Didier Deschamps took decisive action, hauling off Oliver Giroud and Dembele and throwing on Marcus Thuram and Randal Kolo Muani after 41 minutes.

It made little impact until they were given a lifeline in the 80th minute when Nicolas Otamendi tripped Kolo Muani and Mbappe, previously anonymous, expertly converted the penalty.

France’s Kylian Mbappe scores their first goal from the penalty spot past Argentina’s Emiliano Martinez.

France’s Kylian Mbappe scores their first goal from the penalty spot past Argentina’s Emiliano Martinez.
| Photo Credit: REUTERS

Argentina’s Emiliano Martinez reacts as France’s Kylian Mbappe celebrates scoring their first goal.

Argentina’s Emiliano Martinez reacts as France’s Kylian Mbappe celebrates scoring their first goal.
| Photo Credit: REUTERS

A minute later he swept in a brilliant equalising volley after combining cleverly with Thuram, stunning the massed Argentine fans watching their team concede two quick-fire goals for the third time in the tournament.

France’s Kylian Mbappe scores their second goal past Argentina’s Emiliano Martinez.

France’s Kylian Mbappe scores their second goal past Argentina’s Emiliano Martinez.
| Photo Credit: REUTERS

Argentina regained the lead after a counter-attack when the tireless Lautaro Martinez smashed a shot at Hugo Lloris and Messi pounced on the rebound, technology confirming the ball had crossed the line. The drama was not over, however, as Mbappe hammered a shot against the arm of Montiel to produce another penalty in the 117th minute, which he calmly dispatched. 

France’s Kylian Mbappe celebrates scoring their third goal from the penalty spot to complete his hat-trick

France’s Kylian Mbappe celebrates scoring their third goal from the penalty spot to complete his hat-trick
| Photo Credit: REUTERS

Kolo Muani still had a wonderful chance to snatch it in stoppage time for France, only to be brilliantly denied by the outstretched leg of Martinez when the winner of all late winners looked a certainty.

Mbappe and Messi both converted the opening spot-kicks of the shootout but they then had to stand back and let their team mates decide their destiny.

Argentina have now won six of their seven World Cup shootouts, including the quarter-final against the Netherlands a week ago when they also blew a 2-0 lead in the same Lusail Stadium.

France, the only team to have scored three goals in a final and lost, have tasted defeat in three of five shootouts, two of those losses coming in finals.

“We came back from the brink, that’s what gives us so many regrets,” said France coach Didier Deschamps. “We could have won it in the last minute (of extra time) but it was not meant to be.”

Two hours after the game, thousands of Argentina fans, many in Number 10 Messi shirts, remained in the stadium as the players and their families posed for pictures on the pitch and went for a joyous lap of honour, parading the golden trophy they last had their hands on 36 years ago. 

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