Argentina defeated France in the final match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, winning on penalties. The main time of the game ended with the score 2:2. In overtime, the teams scored one more goal – 3:3. In the penalty shootout, the Argentines were more accurate.
The Argentines scored Messi (23 minutes and 108; the first goal – from the penalty spot) and Di Maria (36). The French hat-trick was made by Mbappe (80, 81, 118; the first and third goals – from the penalty spot).
The French team in 2018 won gold at the world championship in Russia. She also became the winner of the 1998 World Cup, the silver medalist of the 2006 World Cup and won bronze medals at the World Championships in 1958 and 1986. Argentina is a two-time (1978, 1986) world champion and a three-time (1930, 1990, 2014) World Cup silver medalist.
For Lionel Messi, this game was the last in the national team, he ends his career in the national team, having won the main trophy.
