2022
🇦🇷 Argentina3–3 (4–2 pens)🇫🇷 France
🇶🇦 Host: Qatar
The Story
“The greatest World Cup final ever. Messi vs Mbappé. A hat-trick in defeat for Mbappé. Penalty shootout drama. And finally, Messi lifts the trophy to complete football.”
Key Players
★ Lionel Messi★ Ángel Di María★ Emiliano Martínez★ Julián Álvarez
Classic Matches
Final: Argentina 3–3 France (4–2 pens)
The greatest World Cup final ever played. Messi scored twice, Mbappé scored a hat-trick in defeat, and Emiliano Martínez's shootout heroics secured Argentina's third star.
Quarter-final: Netherlands 2–2 Argentina (3–4 pens)
The Battle of Lusail. Argentina surrendered a 2–0 lead in stoppage time, survived extra time, and won the shootout in an emotionally charged classic.