Argentina world champion 2022

 The most anticipated phrase by the Argentines who wanted to finally hear and crown their king who is in the end of his career and had warned that this was his last World Cup. The Lusail Iconic Stadium witnessed on Sunday the consecration of someone who is considered one of the best players in history.

Argentina achieved its third title by defeating France 4-2 on penalties at Qatar 2022 and taking its place on the throne. The game went 3-3 in regulation time with two goals from Messi and one from Ángel Di María for the Argentines, while, for the French, Kylian Mbappe was the great figure with a hat-trick.

The last time Argentina went champion was in Mexico '86, when it was led by the amazing Diego Armando Maradona.

The eyes of the world were on Messi, the world cup was the missing piece in his career and in this his second final he hoped to win the trophy he wanted most. Besides, the Argentine international superstar had said that this was going to be his last World Cup.

Argentina reached its sixth World Cup final with the hope of taking its third title. For its part, France had arrived with three finals in tow, of which it had won two. The appearances in finals for the French began with the victory achieved in 1998, they were also in the finals of 2006 and 2018, in which they won their second title.

The Gauls equaled Italy (1934 and 1938) and Brazil (1958 and 1962) by playing in two consecutive finals.

The Argentines arrived with a positive record over the French, since they came out winners in two matches, however, this France had the psychological advantage for having defeated them in 2018 by 4-3 in the group stage, which was their last match before this final.

Argentina began to dream of the title in the 22nd minute when Ángel Di María was brought down in the area by Ousmane Dembélé. Messi took charge of the shot a minute later by hitting the ball to his right, fooling goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, who only saw the ball go in as it flew to his right.

Argentina's second score came in the 36th minute when France attacked. Dayot Upamecano lost the ball in the attack and the ball was left to Messi, who from a small angle slapped the ball to the right for Julián Álvarez to receive, who broke away from the right and found Alexis Mac Allister who crossed low for Di María will push it for 2-0.

With his score, Di María has been present on the scoreboard for Argentina in three direct elimination stages in the World Cups.

Argentina's passivity cost them dearly in the second half, as France, although they seemed tangled at times, were patient and saw the results in just two minutes towards the end of the game.

Nicolás Otamendi pulled Randal Kolo Muani, who went in from the left, and the referee sanctioned the penalty, which Mbappe took for the discount. It was 2-1.

When the Argentinians were barely rearranging themselves on the field, Mbappe did not forgive when he received the ball where he liked it most, on the edge of the area, he dribbled and launched the shot to make it 2-2 that silenced the stadium in the 81st minute of play.

For extra time, France played a revolution similar to the one that ended regular time, very quickly and trying to make Argentina's passivity pay.

At 109 minutes, Laurato Martínez was face to face with Lloris, who blocked his shot, but luckily for the Argentines, Messi was in front of the ball and pushed it to make it 3-2, which once again gave his title hope. equipment. That score was Messi's seventh, equaling Mbappe in the tournament.

But Mbappe put on the golden boot again and scored the 3-3 tie after a penalty kick. Gonzalo Montiel stopped a shot with his elbow inside the area and the referee gave a sanction.

The game had to go to a penalty shootout in which the Argentines did not miss their shots, while Kingsley Coman saw how 'Dibu' dressed as a hero once and blocked his shot. Aurélien Tchouaméni missed his shot by shooting too far to his left.

Messi, Dybala, Paredes scored to give Montiel the fourth shot, who secured the Argentine victory.

Catalina Ivorra y Sofia Mantini