The world champion was Argentina from Lionel Messi beating France in the final World Cup 2022 in Qatar The final outcome of the game was decided in a penalty shootout. with a score of 4-2 (3-3 in overtime). A penalty shoot-out was called as Emiliano Martinez saved a shot from Coman and Tsvameni missed. Thus, Argentina won the third world title in its history.

All final goals

The first shot in the final came from McAllister in the 5th minute without worrying about Lioris, who easily blocked. Argentina threatened again in the 8th minute: De Paul’s shot hit Varane’s leg and took the corner.

The first big chance of the match was lost in the 17th minute for Argentina, when the Scaloni players intercepted the ball outside the French zone, Messi made a pass to Alvarez from the right, and after the latter’s turn, Di Maria desperately missed … leg (right).

The best team at the start of the final was the one that opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Di Maria entered the box in the 21st minute, he was pushed by Dembele and Marcignac pointed to a penalty, to which… VAR also agreed. Messi sent Lioris to another corner, and with his sixth World Cup goal, Argentina took a 1-0 lead.

The dominance of Albicelesta’s players on the pitch was total, against a trophy winner who was truly (and relentlessly) “invisible”. The Scaloni players played very well, did what they wanted in the center of the field with De Paul and McAllister, Messi fed Di Maria from the left flank and how the match developed, it was only a matter of time before he scored the second goal.

And it did not take long to wait, as in the 36th minute in the seminary counterattack of the Argentines and the transfer of the ball from Messi to Alvarez, then to McAllister and the latter with an assist … half a goal gave Di Maria the opportunity to “write” the score 2:0 and give a clear advantage to your team.

Seeing that his team lacked vitality, Deschamps made two substitutions before the end of the first half (41 minutes), with Tiram and Kolo Muani taking Giroud’s place (at 36 years and two months, he became the third-youngest non-goalkeeper in the final behind Swedish striker Gunnar Gren (37 years and 7 months) and Brazilian full-back Nilton Santos (37 years and one month) and Dembele.

The image of the match has not changed even in the second half. And while one would have expected France to come forward sharply to shorten and re-enter the match, in the first 15 minutes of the replay, the threat came from Argentina. Alvarez’s and Di Maria’s shots were neutralized by Lioris, and in the 60th minute of Di Maria’s pass and Messi’s pass, the latter’s right shot went wide.

In the 63rd minute, Lioris came on time to catch up to McAllister before scoring a goal, and the only moment France made their presence known was in the 70th minute with a Bape shot from the area line going over the crossbar.

The final caught fire in the 80th minute when France cut the score to 2-1…out of nowhere. Kolo Muani stepped into the box, where Otamendi knocked him down and Marcignac clearly pointed out a penalty. “Unknown” until then, Kylian Mbappe was tough and beat Emiliano Martinez, who hit the right corner but couldn’t stop the goal.

A minute later, Messi lost the ball in the center of the field to Coman, who passed to Tiram, who found Bape in the penalty area with an accurate pass, and he equalized the score from the summer, 2:2 (Paris Saint-Germain’s ace became the best, the youngest player to score 10 goals in the World Cup).

Argentina were clearly superior in the extra half hour and took advantage of their superiority in the 109th minute. Lioris parried a shot from Lautaro Martinez from a side position in the penalty area, while a lurking Messi took the “rebound” and made it 3-2.

And yet France turned out to be “seven-hearted”. In the 117th minute after Bape’s shot, the ball hit Montiel’s hand and Marciniak pointed to another penalty. The star of Paris again hit the target and, with a hat-trick, again equalized the score with a score of 3:3.