Lionel Messi Scores 3 Goals…
Argentina defeated France 4-2 on penalties to win their 3rd World Cup, after 36 years.
In likely the most stunning last in the competition's 92-year history, Argentina brought home its third World Cup championship by beating France 4-2 in a penalty shootout after a 3-3 draw featuring two goals from the 35-year-old Messi and a hat trick by his presumptive successor, France forward Kylian Mbappé.
Mbappé and Messi took their groups' most memorable penalties and scored. Kingsley Coman had an endeavor saved by Argentina goalkeeper Emi Martinez and Aurelien Tchouameni then, at that point, missed for France, offering Gonzalo Montiel the chance to end it. He switched the punishment over completely to one side and started wild festivals.
Europe's run of four straight World Cup champs, dating to 2006, reached a conclusion. The last South American boss was Brazil, and that was likewise in Asia — when Japan and South Korea facilitated the competition in 2002.
In Qatar, Argentina supported up its triumph from last year's Copa America, its most memorable significant prize starting around 1993. It's a remarkable peak to Messi's global vocation, which isn't over right now. He said after the coordinate that he would keep on playing with the public group.
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