Lionel Messi and Argentina beat France to lift World Cup

Argentina and Lionel Messi have done the impossible and have won Argentina’s first World Cup since 1986. They have beaten holders France in an entertaining and dramatic match.

In the 22nd minute Argentina opened the scoring when legendary forward Lionel Messi managed to keep his head cool and convert a penalty which was won by Angel Di Maria, to send every Argentina fan around the world into massive celebrations.

Those celebrations started over again in the 35th minute as a beautiful team play led to a goal scored by Angel Di Maria to put one Argentinian hand on the iconic World Cup trophy.

France’s superstar Kylian Mbappe scored one back in the 80th minute also from the spot similar, to his PSG teammate Lionel Messi.

To everyone’s surprise Mbappe managed to find France’s equalizer only two minutes after his penalty goal with a stunning half volley to send the match to extra time.

It was written in the stars for Lionel Messi as he scored another goal to give Argentina the lead in the 109th minute of extra time to restore hope to every Argentina fan.

However it was Kylian Mbappe’s turn to score again as the striker managed to convert yet another penalty and score the first World Cup final hattrick since Geoff Hurst in 1966 and this time send the match to a penalty shootout where Argentina managed to contain their emotions and come out victorious.

This World Cup win has cemented Lionel Messi’s legacy as one of the greatest to ever do it and has surely catapulted him to the same levels of admiration and stardom of the legend Diego Maradona who is regarded as a hero in Argentina for winning them the World Cup.

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