The football tournament organized by FIFA, the highest level governing body in the field of global football, in different countries every four years, was held in Qatar this year as well. The tournament, attended by FIFA member countries, started on 20 November this year. The World Cup, which has locked its fans on the screen since its beginning, has finally come to an end today. Who is the winner of the competitive match?
18 December 2022 World Cup Final: Argentina is the winner!
In the World Cup Final held in Qatar, we watched the rivalry of two rival teams. One of these teams is Argentina, which eliminated Croatia, and the other is 2018 champion France. So how did these teams get to the finals?
Messi’s Argentina managed to win two of their three matches in Group C and became the leader with 6 points. Defeating Austria 1-0, Argentina took the field with the Netherlands when we came to the quarter-finals. In addition to the duration of the match, the result of extra time was a draw, Argentina managed to take the lead in penalties. Finally, the team defeated Croatia 3-0 in the semi-finals and qualified for the final match.
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Let’s take a look at the journey of France, where Kylian Mbappé is. The team defeated Austria 4-1 and won 2-1 in the Danish fight. Losing 1-0 to Tunisia, France eliminated Poland 3-1 and England 2-1 in the quarter-finals. Finally, France defeated Morocco 2-0 in the semi-finals and competed for leadership.
World Cup Final Summary
The big fight started with referee Szymon Marciniak blowing the whistle. The referee raised the offside flag for Julian Alvarez, who interfered with Rodrigo De Paul’s pass behind the defense in the third minute. Hugo Lloris was able to interfere with Alexis Mac Allister’s accurate shot from outside the penalty area in the fifth minute. The game was stopped for a while due to Hugo Lloris’ injury in the eleventh minute. Angel Di Maria’s shot attempt failed to find the goal in the seventeenth minute. Argentina won a penalty after Ousmane Dembele’s intervention against Angel Di Maria. Twenty-third minute penalty kick with Lionel Messi in the match your first goal threw.
Starting to attack after the first goal, Argentina raised the offside flag in the thirtieth minute. Four minutes after Alexis Mac Allister’s shot attempt Angel Di Maria breaks Argentina’s record to two. France made a substitution in the forty-first minute, replacing Ousmane Dembele with Randal Kolo-Muani, and Olivier Giroud with Olivier Giroud. Enzo Fernández was shown a yellow card for uncontrollably intervening Randal Kolo-Muani near the end of the first half.
Second half:
Just three minutes after the whistle for the second half, Hugo Lloris blocked Rodrigo De Paul’s shot attempt. Adrien Rabiot was punished with a yellow card at the end of the duel with Rodrigo De Paul at the fifty-fifth minute. The game was suspended for a while due to the injury of Rodrigo De Paul. Just after Julian Alvarez’s field goal attempt, the lineman raised the offside flag for Kylian Mbappe.
At sixty-four, Argentina replaced Angel Di Maria with Marcos Acuna. This marked Argentina’s first substitution. In the seventy-first minute, Kylian Mbappe made a substitution for France after a miss. Eduardo Camavinga replaced Theo Hernandez, and Kingsley Coman replaced Antoine Griezmann. Then, Hugo Lloris prevented Enzo Fernandez’s shot from outside the penalty area with Lionel Messi’s pass. France wins a penalty in the seventy-ninth minute after Cristian Romero and with ten minutes to go, France Kylian Mbappebetween the goal of score difference to one downloaded it.
Attacking after the first goal Kylian Mbappe, assisted by Marcus Thuram in the eighty-second minute closing the gap to score 2-2dropped it to. Marcus Thuram was shown a yellow card for his act of deceiving the referee in the eighty-seventh minute. Olivier Giroud received a yellow card in the fourth minute of extra time. After France’s attack, Argentina counterattacked. Hugo Lloris turned the shot down after Messi tried to score a goal with one minute left in extra time. When Argentina attacked again, overtime ended and the referee blew the final whistle.
Competition heats up in overtime!
Referee Szymon Marciniak blew the whistle and the first overtime began. Starting overtime with a substitution, Argentina replaced Nahuel Molina with Gonzalo Montiel. Shortly after, France also exchanged Adrien Rabiot for Youssouf Fofana. In the one hundred and first minute, the referee raised the offside flag for Raphael Varane. Near the end of the first half, Lautaro Martinez’s shot attempt failed.
Two minutes after the second half of extra time started, Argentina’s Lionel Messi scored and made the score 3-2. After this goal, France increased its pressure in the half of its opponent. With seven minutes left in overtime, France made their sixth and final substitution. Then Leandro Paredes was shown a yellow card. Kylian Mbappe took the penalty of France, who won a penalty as a result of Gonzalo Montiel’s intervention with the ball in the one hundred and sixteenth minute and closed the gap by scoring a goal. The new score was 3-3.
France, who counterattacked against Argentina’s attack, missed the opportunity to score at the last moment. The referee added three more minutes to the second half of extra time. Kylian Mbappe, who came too close to Argentina’s goal, lost control of the ball after the intervention. As the time expired, the match went to penalties.
The world cup final ended on penalties!
The match, which ended in a draw, was extended to penalties. Penalties were very competitive. With Gonzalo Montiel’s goal at the end of the match Argentina, 7-5 score became a champion with Argentina has won its first World Cup since 1986.
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