Lionel Messi’s dream of becoming a world champion has come true. Argentina beat France 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out in the FIFA World Cup final played on Sunday. Both the teams were tied at 2-2 till the stipulated 90 minutes.
The match was tied 3-3 after extra time. After this, the decision was taken by penalty shootout. Messi scored two goals in the final. At the same time, Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick for France.
Argentina has won the World Cup after 36 years. Earlier, he got the title success in 1986.
This is Argentina’s overall third title. The team became world champion for the first time in 1978. At the same time, France’s dream of becoming world champion for the second time in a row remained incomplete.
The team became the champion in 2018. France has lost in the penalty shootout in the final of the World Cup for the second time. Earlier in 2006, they had lost in the penalty shootout in the final against Italy.
the thrill of the penalty shootout
1-0: Kylian Embappé of France scores a goal in the left corner.
1-1: Lionel Messi of Argentina scores on the left side.
1-1: France’s Kingsley Coman’s shot was blocked by Argentina’s goalkeeper Martinez.
2-1: Paulo Dybala of Argentina scored the goal.
2-1: Aurelian Choumeni of France misses the penalty.
3-1: Argentina’s Leandro Paredes scores the goal.
3-2: Randal Kolo Muani of France scored the goal.
4-2: Argentina’s Gonzalo Montiel scored a goal to make Argentina the champion of the FIFA World Cup after 36 years.
The score was 2-2 in 90 minutes
By 90 minutes the score line was level at 2–2. After this, the match went into extra time. Both teams scored 1-1 in extra time. There were 4 goals from both teams in 90 minutes. Lionel Messi scored for Argentina in the 23rd minute of the first half and Angel Di Maria in the 36th minute.
At the same time, Kylian Embappé of France scored 2 goals in 97 seconds to equalize the score line 2-2. Embappé scored a penalty in the 80th minute and a field goal in the 81st minute.
Match went into extra time
There was no goal in the first half of the extra time. Then in the 108th minute of the second half, Argentina’s Lionel Messi scored a goal to make the score line 3-2. Argentina had taken the lead.
Then in the 118th minute, Kylian Mbappé scored a penalty goal to equalize the score line at 3-3. This was Embappé’s third goal in the final. With this, he completed his hat trick.
Messi played 26th World Cup match
Star footballer Lionel Messi played in his second World Cup final. He also played for Argentina in the 2014 FIFA World Cup final. The team was then defeated 1–0 by Germany. This was also the 26th match of Messi’s World Cup career.
Messi broke the record of Germany’s Lothar Matthaus. Lothar holds the record of playing 25 World Cup matches. During this, he scored 8 assists and 13 goals. Of these, 3 assists and 7 goals came in this tournament.