Lionel Messi and Argentina grab World cup glory: A wild final ensued. A memorable conclusion. A famous outcome. At the Qatar 2022 World Cup, Argentina and France engaged in a genuinely remarkable and entertaining showcase that ended in the most dramatic penalty shootout imaginable.
Argentina appeared to be winning after Lionel Messi scored twice, but Kylian Mbappe struck a spectacular hat-trick. In the end, Argentina came out on top.
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Lionel Messi and Argentina won the World Cup 2022 championship in Qatar, defeating France despite a sensational Kylian Mbappe hat-trick. The score was 2-2 at the end of regulation, 3-3 after extra time, and 4-2 in favor of Argentina in the shootout.
With Messi having scored from the penalty spot, Argentina appeared to be completely in control of the game at 2-0. In actuality, France didn’t begin to exhibit any signs of life until there were ten minutes left in the hour.
But at that point, Mbappe recovered his motivation and scored twice in as many minutes to tie the game and force a dramatic extra period.
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Deep into extra time, Messi gave Argentina the lead once more, but Mbappe answered right away in the most dramatic moment of the tournament.
The suspense was at an all-time high as the game went to a penalty shootout, and Argentina prevailed as Messi finally won the World Cup.
The suspense was at an all-time high as the game went to a penalty shootout, and Argentina prevailed as Messi finally won the World Cup.
