ARGENTINA WINS WORLD CUP 2022

By Dana Malcolm 

Staff Writer

#Qatar, December 19, 2022 – Argentina has done it; And Lionel Messi cements himself as one of the greatest of all time in the sport of football. In the stars now with Pele, Maradona and Ronaldinho he has led a World Cup team to championship; it was his first time. What will certainly go down as one of the greatest World Cup finals ever played ended with ‘Les Blues’ or the French and the defending title holders going home empty-handed but not without a fight.

Thanks to two beautiful goals from Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria, Argentina led nearly the entire match comfortably with a two nil cushion. But France’s Kylian Mbappé was not to be denied and a penalty after the 80th minute put them on the scoreboard; mere seconds later he slammed the ball into the net once again tying up the score in electrifying fashion. And just like that- with 10 minutes left in the game France became contenders for the Cup once again. It was a comeback for the ages all heralded in by the golden boot Mbappé

Argentine fans were shattered. The game went into double overtime but with only 10 minutes to go Lionel Messi pulled one out of his hat to put the game 3-2  And yet, Mbappé with another amazing play and a second lightning fast, unstoppable penalty kick and goal; the first hattrick in a World Cup final in more than 50 years tied it up AGAIN.

The final match in the 2022 FIFA World Cup,  staged in Qatar and opened on November 20 went into penalty shootout stage; the win belonging to the team with the most of five shots from the penalty mark.

Mbappé and Messi, the two men of the night, took the penalties first, both of them finding the goal.  France twice after that and never recovered. And with some brilliant goalkeeping from Emiliano Martinez and a touch of the ball from Gonzalo Montiel it was over.

Argentina and Lionel Messi continued to celebrate and in Buenos Aires the sound of victory was deafening.