POBNEWS24, Dhaka Dec 18, 2022 : No more regrets, no more moans or stories of despair; Because Argentina is now the world champion. 36 years of waiting has ended in the desert. Lionel Messi’s side won the title after defeating Kylian Mbappe’s France in a tiebreaker in a breathless final. Messi scored twice, Di Maria scored, Mbappe’s hat trick went in vain.
Argentina played attacking football from the start of the World Cup final held at the Lucille Stadium. They took the first shot in the fifth minute. In the 23rd minute, Messi took the lead. Ousmane Dembele fouled Angel Di Maria inside the D box and the referee gave a penalty. Lionel Messi put the team ahead with a successful spot kick. This is Messi’s sixth goal in the current season. Angel Di Maria doubled the lead from a counter attack in the 36th minute. Julián Alvarez passed Messi’s ball from midfield to Alistair. Di Maria found his pass in space on the left side of the box with a Konakuni shot.
After the break, both teams were attacking each other. In the 64th minute, Scaloni replaced Acuña with Di Maria. At the end, the match took a dramatic turn. Kylian Mbappé reduced the gap from the penalty in the 80th minute. In the next minute, this young star scored a wonderful goal to equalize the match. In the 6th minute of added time, Hugo Lloris converted Messi’s bullet speed shot from outside the box for a corner. If the 90 minutes ends in a 2-2 tie, the match goes into extra time.
In the last minute of the first half of the extra time, Lautaro Martinez hit the ball outside the goal. Messi was the savior of Argentina in the 108th minute. His eye-catching goal made the scoreline 3-2. Messi’s touch was blocked by a French defender, but then he was inside the goal post! France got a penalty in the 117th minute. Kylian Mbappe equalized the match again from the spot kick. This is the first hat-trick in the World Cup final. If the overtime ends in a 3-3 tie, the match will go to a tiebreaker.
