Argentina Win The World Cup!!!

Today the final match of the World Cup took place, in which the Argentina beat France in a penalty shoot-out.

Argentina opened the game with a bang. In the 23rd minute, Lionel Messi scored a penalty kick. In the 36th minute, Argentina strengthened their lead thanks to a goal from Angel Di Maria after some brilliant combination play from Argentina. To turn the tide of the match, French head coach Didier Deschamps made a double substitution in the 41st minute - Marcus Thuram and Randal Kolo Muani replaced Olivier Giroud and Ousmane Dembele.

For a long time, the score remained the same, but in the 80th minute everything changed after a penalty kick was awarded for France, which was confidently converted by Kylian Mbappe. A minute later, Mbappe equalized in this match with a perfectly timed one time volley kick. After that, both teams were not able to find the winner, and the match went into overtime.

In the first half, the game was equal from both sides, and the score stayed the same. Most of the drama took place in the second 15-minute half. In the 109th minute, Lionel Messi scored a goal and managed to put the Argentines ahead. But the French did not give up, and in the 118th minute, Kylian Mbappe equalized the score from a penalty kick. After overtime, the teams moved on to a penalty shoot-out.

Argentina was more accurate and Emiliano Martínez was unstoppable as always. Gonzalo Montiel scored the final penalty which made Argentina the World Cup Champions.

by footballmegaminds