Qatar 2022: Three Times Mbappe Denied, But Messi And DISCIPLES Prevailed

The myth, the legend of Messi is painted in one shot – as he lifted the World Cup trophy, covered in a bisht and his teammates pumped for joy around him.

In the ultimate game of the 2022 World Cup, Lionel Messi’s Argentina defeated Kylian Mbappé’s France, but the scoreline didn’t tell the real story.

Argentina won on penalty shootouts after an exceptional match that ended 3-3. The two PSG players (Mbappe and Messi) lived up to the billing as they left their mark on the final, with three goals for the Frenchman and two for the Argentinian, but it was ‘La Pulga’ who got the last laugh. It was Argentina’s third World Cup after those of 1978 and 1986.

Leo Messi’s teammates led three times in the match; the first goal coming from Celestes’ number 10 then a second from by Di Maria in the first half, before Scaloni’s men had a spanner in their work due to Mbappe’s brace.

Kylian Mbappé scored twice, with a penalty and a volley, then the game went into extra time.

Messi thought he gave the victory to his team at the start of the second period but Mbappé, again him, equalized from the penalty spot a few minutes later.

At the the penalty shootout, the Argentinians were much more precise than the French, succeeding in their four attempts while Coman and Tchouaméni missed their attempts; Coman’s saved by Martinez and the second crept wide from the right laces of Tchouaméni.

Mbappé had started the session well but Lloris looked uninspired and never even came close to stopping any attempts.

Tough luck for ‘Les Blues,’ even if Argentina had dominated the first 75 minutes in an unbelievable way.

While Kylian Mbappé scored a historic hat-trick in the final and finished top scorer in the competition with 8 goals, Lionel Messi finally won the Player Of The Tournament accompanied by the trophy, on the occasion of his fifth participation – to perhaps end the discussion of the greatest player of all time.