Lionel Messi and Argentina bag the World Cup crown after dethroning France on penalties, following a dramatic draw after extra time. FIFAWorldCup FIFAWorldCupFinal
LUSAIL, Qatar – Argentina won its third World Cup in extraordinary style, beating France 4-2 in a penalty shootout after Lionel Messi scored twice in a 3-3 draw that featured a hat-trick for Kylian Mbappe as the holders recovered from 2-0 down after 80 minutes.
Messi put Argentina ahead again but Mbappe leveled with another penalty, becoming the second man to score a World Cup final hat-trick after Geoff Hurst for England 1966. Messi took the penalty, calmly steering the ball low beyond Hugo Lloris and then Di Maria took center stage again after 36 minutes when he finished off one of the best goals to grace a final.
It made little impact until they were given a lifeline in the 80th minute when Nicolas Otamendi tripped Kolo Muani and Mbappe, previously anonymous, expertly converted the penalty.
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