JWSport Jacek Waszak – Sport journalist
Argentina became world champions! At the Lusail stadium, a great performance by Kylian Mbappe, and Lionel Messi . Argentina won the Qatar 2022 World Cup, a match decided after extra time and a penalty shootout with a score of 4:2 for Lionel Messi’s team. The French are leaving Qatar with silver medals.
We also had a touch of Poland here and we were proud that we have such talented referees and they were selected. Unfortunately, our Polish National Team did not show what they are capable of in the future and show fighting spirit, not money which many teams obscure the results or taking part and how many bonuses they will have.
This is Argentina’s sixth final and France’s fourth was the final of this era and this moment of these times. This is the kind of final we have been expecting from these games what is the World Cup in Qatar some other better than before . As I watched this year in Poland in Krakow or in the UK London and Bristol these games are good to watch, but I will say that, however, the best way to play these competitions World Championships played on holiday because everyone goes out on the field or outdoors, and there are also organized villages or places to watch in the pub or coffee houses and outdoors as it used to be whether others these games better cheer of course it was a pleasure and excitement to watch this final in Bristol of the final match what gave us this final
The final was one of the best since the Finals matches at this World Cup. Argentina confidently led for most of the game 2-0, but then Mbappe recorded a hart – tika and gave his team extra time. When Messi put Argentina back in the lead, it was Mbappe who scored his goal that gave France extra time and then penalties. However, Argentina won the penalty shootout and went on to win the World Cup!
Before the match, these were the scores and finals of the two national teams
Argentina
1) 1930, Montevideo: Uruguay – Argentina 4:2 (1:2)
2) 1978, Buenos Aires: Argentina – Netherlands 3:1 after extra time. (1:1, 1:0)
3) 1986, Mexico: Argentina – Germany 3:2 (1:0)
4) 1990, Rome: Germany – Argentina 1:0 (0:0)
5) 2014, Rio de Janeiro: Germany – Argentina 1:0 after extra time. (0:0)
France
1) 1998, Paris: France – Brazil 3:0 (2:0)
2) 2006, Berlin: Italy – France 1:1 after extra time. (1:1, 1:1), penalties: 5-3
3) 2018, Moscow: France – Croatia 4:2 (2:1)
In the 17th minute, the Albicelestes played the action very well in front of the France goal, but Angel di Maria topped it with a strike after which the ball went high over the goal. Argentina were on the offensive
In turn, it won a penalty kick in the 20th minute. Ousmane Dembele acted senselessly, who nudged the speeding Angel di Maria and Szymon Marciniak made the right decision by pointing to the ‘wapno’. The ball was approached by none other than Leo Messi and the captain beat Lloris with a confident yet clever strike.
In the 23rd minute, Marciniak dictated a penalty kick – the experienced Angel Di Maria, who was returning to the game after an injury lay-off, was fouled. Messi stepped up to the ball and fooled Hugo Lloris. “The Albicelestes did not slow down, created more opportunities and increased the lead in the 36th minute. After a fast action involving, among others, Messi, Alexis Mac Allister received the ball and passed into the penalty area, where Di Maria showed off with an effective shot.
In the 80th minute, the PSG striker, who will only turn 24 on 20 December, took advantage of a penalty kick. Goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez threw himself in the right direction, but the shot was so strong that he was unable to deflect the ball. Seconds later it was already 2:2, and this time Mbappe showed off a very precise shot from the goalkeeper. The Argentine fans, who made up the majority of the 89,000 spectators in the stands, fell silent. For most of the match, there had been no indication of such a turn of events, but they now had to remember the quarter-final against the Netherlands, when their favourites also led 2-0 and lost two goals at the end of the match (Argentina eventually won on penalty kicks). By the end of regulation time, the result had not changed. Marciniak added eight minutes, in the end Messi showed off yet another powerful shot from distance, but Lloris this time could not be beaten.
109th minute Messi. The Argentine captain reached the ball deflected by Lloris and headed it into the goal. It took a moment to check whether there had been an incineration earlier, but the semi-automatic system confirmed the goal had been scored in accordance with the rules. However, the rivals were able to respond to this hit by the Argentinians as well.
In the 116th minute of the match, Gonzalo Montiel played the ball into his own penalty area with his hand and Mbappe equalised at 3:3, thus collecting a hat-trick. There was still plenty going on in the final minutes and both Argentina and France were able to score on the importance of victory, but in the end the match ended in a penalty shootout contest.
In the 118th minute, Marciniak, confidently presiding over the competition, dictated a penalty kick for Gonzalo Montiel’s handball. The effective performer was once again Mbappe, who secured the title of tournament’s king of scorers with his eighth goal. It is the second hat-trick in the history of the World Cup finals, and the first since 1966 (then England’s Geoff Hurst). In the penalty shootout series, the Argentinians were faultless, including Messi. Among the French, Kingsley Coman and Aurelien Tchouameni erred (while Mbappe, among others, scored successfully). In the end, Scaloni’s charges won the ‘eleven’ 4-2, the decisive one being used by Montiel.
Final: Argentina – France 3-3 after extra time (2-2, 2-0), penalties 4-2.
Goals: 1-0 Lionel Messi (23), 2-0 Angel Di Maria (36), 2-1 Kylian Mbappe (80), 2-2 Kylian Mbappe (82), 3-2 Lionel Messi (109 ), 3-3 Kylian Mbappe (118th penalty).
Yellow card – Argentina: Enzo Fernandez, Marcos Acuna, Leandro Paredes, Gonzalo Montiel, Emiliano Martinez. France: Adrien Rabiot, Marcus Thuram. Judge: Szymon Marciniak (Poland). Viewers: 88,966. Argentina –
France 3-3 after extra time (2-0) 4-2
on penalties1:0 – Lionel Messi 23′ Penalty2:0 – Angel Di Maria 36’2:1 – Kylian Mbappe 80′ penalty kick2:2 – Kylian Mbappe 81’3:2 – Leo Messi
109’3:3 – Kylian Mbappe 118′ penalty kick Penalty kicks:0:1 Kylian Mbappe1:1 Leo Messi1:1 Kingsley Coman (defence)2-1 Paulo Dybala2:1 Aurelien Tchouameni (miss)3:1
Leander Paredes3:2 Randal Kolo Muani4:2 Gonzalo Montiel Argentina: Emiliano Martinez – Nahuel Molina (91st Gonzalo Montiel), Cristian Romero, Nicolas Otamendi, Nicolas Tagliafico(120+1st Paulo Dybala)
Angel Di Maria (64th Marcos Acuna), Rodrigo De Paul (102nd Leandro Paredes) , Enzo Fernandez, Alexis Mac Allister (116th German Pezzella) – Lionel Messi, Julian Alvarez (102nd Lautaro Martinez).
France: Hugo Lloris – Jules Kounde (120+1. Axel Disasi), Raphael Varane (113. Ibrahima Konate), Dayot Upamecano, Theo Hernandez (71. Eduardo Camavinga) – Antoine Griezmann (71. Kingsley Coman), Aurelien Tchouameni, Adrien Rabiot (96th Youssouf Fofana) – Ousmane Dembele (41st Randal Kolo Muani), Olivier Giroud (41st Marcus Thuram), Kylian Mbappe.
