After a month and 63 games, Qatar dressed up for its big night. The final between Argentina and France was the perfect ending to the most questioned World Cup in history. On the green, Messi and Mbappé met with history, and the Argentine began smiling.
The ex-azulgrana put Argentina ahead with a penalty 23 minutes into the game. A foul by Dembélé on Di Maria allowed the albiceleste to take the lead on the scoreboard, doing justice to the superiority shown by Scaloni's men.
France could not react and Argentina extended their monopoly by widening the gap before the break thanks to a goal from Ángel Di Maria. With France cancelled, Deschamps made two changes in the 40th minute to try to get the team to react.
Madness broke out in Argentina as soon as their classification for the grand final was known. Thousands of Argentines traveled to Qatar to support their team and the Lusail stadium was dyed white and blue.
But when everything seemed decided, Kylian Mbappé appeared to silence the albiceleste. The Frenchman converted an Otamendi penalty to close the gap and, with no time for Scaloni's men to react, he scored the equalizer just a minute later. 2-2 in 81 and everything to be decided.
Iker Casillas, former captain of the Spanish team, was in charge of introducing the World Cup trophy on the pitch of the Lusail stadium before the final between Argentina and France. Casillas was in charge of raising the cup to the sky in Johannesburg at Soccer City after the victory of the Spanish team against the Netherlands in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
The World Cup final in Qatar was played at the Lusail stadium, where the closing ceremony of the World Cup took place an hour before the game. A show that has had a lot of color, fireworks and the performance of various artists.
Davido and Aisha performed live, with their song (Hayya Hayya) Better Together; Ozuna and Gims, who will play Arhbo; and stars Nora Fatehi, Balqees, Rahma Riad and Manal, who will sing Light the Sky.
Lionel Messi reached this Sunday a new solo record in the history of the World Cups, as the player with the most appearances of all time in the tournament, with 26, by surpassing the German Lothar Matthäus in the final this Sunday against France in the lousail stadium.
The French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, starting this Sunday in the World Cup final in Qatar against Argentina, became the goalkeeper with the most matches played in World Cups, 20, by beating the German Manuel Neuer.
