New Delhi. After a long wait of 36 years, Argentina finally managed to become the World Champion. Under the captaincy of Messi, the match was decided through a penalty shootout in a very exciting 120-minute match against France. In this penalty shootout, Argentina defeated France 4-2. This is the third time in World Cup history when it was decided through penalty shoot out.
With this victory, the Argentine team became the World Champion for the third time and Messi became the second captain after Diego Maradona to win the World Cup for Argentina. Even after the match went into extra time, the score was tied at 3-3. Kylian Mbappe single-handedly kept France in the contest throughout the match, but his hat-trick did not work.
Earlier, Argentina had taken a 2–0 lead in the first half with goals from Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria, but Kylian Mbappe scored in the second half after converting a penalty in the 80th minute and then scoring in the 81st minute. Made France return to the match.
Both the teams scored in extra time as well.
After 90 minutes of play, when the match reached extra time, in the 108th minute, Messi scored a goal to give his team the lead once again, but in the 118th minute, Mbappe completed his hat-trick in the match and France drew 3–3. But brought
Penalty Shootout Thrill
First (1-0) in the penalty shootout, Kylian Embape of France scored a goal in the left corner. After that Lionel Messi of Argentina made the score (1-1) by scoring the left side goal.
In the second attempt, France’s Kingsley Coman’s shot was blocked by the Argentine goalkeeper. Then it was Argentina’s turn (2-1) Paulo Dybala scored, then (2-1) France’s Aurélien Tchoumeni missed the penalty. The penalty shootout went well for Argentina. Argentina’s Leandro Paredes scored a goal to make the score 3-1.
There was hope once again in the match when Randal Kolo Muani of France scored a goal to make it 3-2. Now it was the turn of the French goalkeeper, but Argentina’s Gonzalo Montiel (4-2) scored, making Argentina the champion of the FIFA World Cup after 36 years.
Argentina became champion for the third time
This is the third time that Argentina has won the World Cup. Earlier, he had won the World Cup title in the years 1978 and 1986. Messi has become the second player to win the title for Argentina as captain. Earlier in 1986, Diego Maradona made his country the champion.