Argentina defeated France 4-2 on penalties to win their third FIFA World Cup title on Sunday at the Lusail Stadium in Doha.
A game which started with the Argentines in total control at the early stages saw Ousmane Dembele bring down Angel Di Maria in the 22nd minute.
Lionel Messi then scored his sixth goal of the tournament, sending Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper and France Captain Hugo Lloris the wrong way to hand Argentina a one goal lead.
France who had been sloppy all through the first half got caught on a quick counter 10 minutes before the break as Alexis Mac Allister found Di Maria who slotted it home to extend Argentina’s lead at half-time.
Le blue with their poor first half performance where they had zero attempts towards the Argentines goal and also zero touches at the opposition box made some changes inside the half.
Kylian Mbappe scores his sixth goal to pull one back for France from the Spot before completing his brace a minute later with a sweet volley to take the game into extra time.
Lionel Messi restored Argentina’s lead 13 minutes into extra time, Kylian Mbappe then completed his hattrick just two minutes before the final whistle to push the game into penalties shootouts.
Emil Martinez made one penalty save from Kingsley Colman and then Tchouameni then missed while Argentina scored all four to hand their team the shootout victory.
The win gives Argentina their third FIFA World Cup crown after their earlier success in 1978 and 1986 in their sixth attempt.
