Argentina defeats France in a nail-biting championship game that is ended by a penalty kick from Gonzalo Montiel.
After edging France in a dramatic penalty shootout with inside the exquisite final, Argentina has received the 2022 World Cup.
Following a 3-3 stalemate after extra time, Gonzalo Montiel's penalty kick gave the South American squad a 4-2 victory in the shootout on Sunday at Qatar's 89,000-seat Lusail Stadium.
After Argentina goalkeeper Emi Martinez stopped a shot from France's Kingsley Coman and Aurelien Tchouameni missed the target, Montiel scored the game-winning goal.
In a brilliant finale to his international career, captain Lionel Messi, 35, led Argentina to their third World Cup victory overall and first since 1986 in a wild match that was one of the all-time great finals. It was Messi's final appearance for the national team.
He finished off a strong performance in the tournament in Qatar with two goals and another in the shootout. Sunday's performance was his record-breaking 26th World Cup participation.
Argentina got out to a good start in the opening exchanges, and Messi scored Argentina's lone goal in the 23rd minute from the penalty spot.
The thirty sixth minute noticed the addition of a 2nd aim through Angel Di Maria, who changed into beginning for the primary time withinside the knockout round, capping a commanding first half of overall performance towards a dull France.
The second session saw France, the defending champions, continue to struggle despite Mbappe's hat trick. France was hoping to become the first nation to successfully defend the World Cup since Brazil did so in 1962.
The European powerhouses didn't make their first shot on goal until the 68th minute, but with 10 minutes left, Kylian Mbappe struck twice in as many minutes to put Argentina on the back foot and force extra time.
The 23-year-first old's goal came from the penalty spot, and his second came after a deft pass from Marcus Thuram, a replacement, to him.
Just before halftime, coach Didier Deschamps made a quick decision to attempt and shift the game's flow and brought on Thuram and Randal Kolo Muani.
As the end of regulation came near, Mbappe's brilliance left Argentina holding on, but the game sawsawed again when Messi tucked in his second goal in the 109th minute to restore Argentina's advantage.
With two minutes of added time remaining, Mbappe still had time to complete his hat trick with a penalty, ensuring that the game would go to a shootout.
With eight goals altogether, the 23-year-old outscored colleague Messi of French club team Paris Saint-Germain by one goal thanks to his outstanding performance.
The only other person to score a hat trick in a World Cup final was Geoff Hurst for England in 1966.
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