The much-awaited moment came when Argentina won the FIFA world cup after 36 years in history.
Lionel Messi scored two goals to help Argentina win a dramatic victory against the former reigning champion France that went into overtime and a shootout. A shootout that resulted in a 4-2 victory was used to settle the final score of 3-3.
Kylian Mbappe, the top player for France, scored three goals: twice during the standard time to draw the game and once more during extra time. Argentina has now won three World Cups, and this is Messi’s first. In 1978 and 1986, they previously won the FIFA competition. Argentina had previously finished second three times, in 1930, 1990, and 2014.
The title was previously won by France in 2018 when they defeated Croatia 4-2 in the championship game.
Since its beginning on Nov. 20 in Doha, Qatar, the 2022 World Cup has broken numerous records. The tournament’s 22nd version featured Middle Eastern competition for the first time. The 2022 World Cup was the first to not take place in May, June, or July due to the extreme summer heat in the host nation.
FIFA World Cup 2022
A professional football competition between national football teams is called the FIFA World Cup.
It is an international football competition between the men’s national teams of FIFA’s member associations, the 2022 FIFA World Cup was its 22nd version. The first World Cup to be held in the Arab and Muslim worlds and the second to be staged fully in Asia after the 2002 competition in South Korea and Japan, it was held in Qatar from November 20, 2022, to December 18, 2022.
This year the prize of the trophy was kept at $42 million for winner and $30 for runner-up. An additional amount of $12 million will be amount given besides prize money.
The teams which qualified round 16 will also receive $13 million which includes countries like Brazil, the Netherlands, Portugal, and England. FIFA World cup is not just a game it is a feeling that words can’t express.
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