Argentina defeated two-time champions France 4-2 on penalties in the 2022 FIFA World Cup final on Sunday to win the quadrennial tournament for the first time after 36 years and the third time overall. The match was tied 3-3 after extra time, with Argentina’s Lionel Messi scoring twice and France’s Kylian Mbappé scoring a hat-trick.
Argentina vs France: Match report
Argentina defeated France on penalties to win the best FIFA World Cup final in the tournament’s history.
In the 2022 final between Argentina and France, the latter team twice made a comeback. Argentina was 2-0 ahead before Kylian Mbappe’s two back-to-back goals brought France back into the game.
World Cup Final: Messi created multiple records
Messi has made history by becoming the first player in a single World Cup to score in each of the following five phases: the group stage, a round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals, and final.
Only Sweden’s Nils Liedholm, who scored against Brazil in 1958, is older than Messi (35y 177d), who is now the second-oldest player to score in a World Cup final (35y 264d).
World Cup Mbapp created multiple records
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Mbappe (23y 363d) has surpassed Gerd Muller to become the youngest player to score 10 goals in a World Cup (24y 226d). He now has the same number of goals as Gary Linekar of England and Thomas Muller of Germany.
Mbappe and Sir Geoff Hurst were the only two players to score a hat-trick in the World Cup final (1966). Mbappe became the first man to score a hat trick in the World Cup final since Geoff Hurst in 1966 final.