After France staged an incredible comeback and forced overtime in the final game of the FIFA tournament on Sunday in Qatar, Argentina won its first World Cup title since 1986 when the tied soccer match versus France went to penalties kicks.
Lionel Messi, the team captain and a legendary player in Argentine soccer, wins his first World Cup in this historic match. Messi scored the opening goal of the match against France with a penalty kick, avenging his team’s defeat to Germany in his previous World Cup appearance in 2014. After the game, he intends to end his career in international competition.
Andrés Cantor, who moved to the U.S. from Buenos Aires as a teenager, calls Argentina winning the World Cup: pic.twitter.com/qARnW3UzOI
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) December 18, 2022
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After Messi’s goal, Angel Di Maria added another point for Argentina in less than 15 minutes.
With less than 10 minutes remaining in the 90-minute contest, France made an incredible comeback when Kylian Mbappe levelled the score with two goals, forcing overtime of 30 minutes.
Before Argentina’s decisive victory in the penalty shootout, which kept the score at 3-3, both France and Argentina each earned a point, preventing France from being the first side to win back-to-back World Cups in 60 years.
A game for the ages. Congrats @argentina. Ans @francefootball — someone had to lose. Everybody wins pic.twitter.com/5mIxL66xHb
— Joe Warmington (@joe_warmington) December 18, 2022
