By Victor Kanayo
Afterall, Paris Saint-Germain star player, Lionel Messi, has led Argentina to win 2022 FIFA World Cup after beating France 4-2 on penalties on Sunday December 18.
Despite Kylian Mbappe’s hat-trick prowess in a global soccer final, two young French players missed penalties after extra time play.
It finished 2-2 after normal time, 3-3 after extra time and then 4-2 to Argentina in the shoot-out.
Argentina could not have looked more in control of the match at 2-0 with Messi already making his mark from the penalty spot. Indeed, it took until 10 minutes remaining of normal time for France to show any life at all.
Messi again put Argentina in front deep into extra time, only for Mbappe to hit straight back amid incredible drama in the tournament showpiece.
The drama could hardly have been higher as the contest went to a penalty shoot out, and it was Argentina who came out on top as Messi finally took World Cup glory.
Croatia had won the third place match against Morocco on Saturday.
But that was when Mbappe found his inspiration and netted twice in minutes to level up the match and take it to extra time in thrilling fashion.
