New Delhi. A very exciting match was seen between Argentina and France in the Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022 final. Lionel Messi and Mbappe both scored goals and gave the fans a chance to celebrate. Messi scored in the 23rd minute of the match to give the team a 1-0 lead. In the 36th minute, Di Maria scored a goal to take a 2-0 lead over France. In the 80th and then 82nd minutes of the match, Mbappe scored two consecutive goals to give France a 2-2 draw in the match. In extra time, Messi and Mbappe scored 1-1 and the score again came to 3-3.
After the result of the match could not be decided even in the extra time, the matter reached the penalty shoot-out. Here captain Lionel Messi took the responsibility of scoring the first goal and did it successfully. After this, the team put all the balls in the goal without a miss, whereas after scoring the first goal against France, Argentina failed all the three consecutive tries. In this way, Argentina scored the first four goals while France was able to score only 2 goals and the last kick was not needed.
Argentina became world champion for the third time
Argentina won its third World Cup title by defeating France 4-2 in the penalty shootout. This was the team’s first title under Messi’s captaincy. Before this, the team had the honour of becoming world champion in 1978 and 1986. Argentina has also been the runner-up in this tournament three times (1930, 1990, 2014). At the same time, the French team, which was the runner-up in the Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022, won the title in 1998 and 2018.
Argentina’s journey to the Qatar FIFA World Cup
Argentina was placed in Group C in this tournament along with Poland, Mexico and Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia upset Messi’s team by defeating them in the very first match. After this setback, the team never looked back. They made it to the pre-quarterfinals by winning two consecutive matches. They made it to the semi-finals by defeating Australia and then Netherlands. Here, they confirmed their ticket to the finals by defeating Croatia 3-0.
France’s journey to the Qatar FIFA World Cup
The French team was placed in Group D along with Australia, Tunisia and Denmark. After defeating Australia and Denmark, France lost to Tunisia in the last league match. The team reached the semi-finals by defeating Poland and then England in the pre-quarterfinals. The team entered the final with a 2-0 win against Morocco.