Argentina vs France 2022-12-18

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Event
Argentina vs France

Date
Sun 18th December 2022 (UTC)
Sun 18th December 2022 (Local)

Timestamp
2022-12-18T15:00:00

Time

15:00:00 UTC (18:00:00 Local)

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League
FIFA World Cup

Season
2022

Round
200

Status
Match Finished

Location
Lusail
Qatar
Lusail Stadium
(88,966 Attendance)

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3

23'	Goal	Messi
36'	Goal	Maria
45'	Card	Enzo Fernández
90'	Card	Acuna
108'	Goal	Messi
114'	Card	Paredes
116'	Card	Montiel
120'	Goal	Montiel
120'	Goal	Paredes
120'	Goal	Dybala
120'	Goal	Messi

3

55'	Card	Rabiot
80'	Goal	Kylian Mbappé
81'	Goal	Kylian Mbappé
87'	Card	Thuram
90'	Card	Giroud
118'	Goal	Kylian Mbappé
120'	Goal	Muani


120'	Goal	Kylian Mbappé
120'	Miss (Pen Shootout)	Coman
120'	Miss (Pen Shootout)	Tchouameni

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Home Team Lineup

Maria Acuna 64	Paul Central Midfield Paredes 102	Fernández Central Midfield	Allister Central Midfield Pezzella 116
Romero Centre-Back	Otamendi Centre-Back	Álvarez Centre-Forward Lautaro Ma 102	Martinez Goalkeeper
Tagliafico Left-Back Dybala 120	Messi Right Winger	Molina Right-Back Montiel 91

Away Team Lineup

Rabiot Centre Midfielder Fofana 96	Koundé Centre-Back Disasi 120	Varane Centre-Back Konate 113	Upamecano Centre-Back
Tchouameni Defensive Midfield	Mbappé Forward	Giroud Forward Thuram 41	Lloris Goalkeeper
Hernandez Left-Back Camavinga 71	Dembélé Right Winger Muani 41	Griezmann Second Striker Coman 71

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Total passes

635

531

Passes accurate

525

411

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Description

The 2022 FIFA World Cup final was the final match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the 22nd edition of FIFA's competition for men's national football teams. The match was played at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, on 18 December 2022, the country's National Day, and was contested by Argentina and 2018 champions France. En route to the final, Argentina finished first in Group C, with two wins and one loss, before defeating Australia in the round of 16, the Netherlands in the quarter-final and Croatia in the semi-final. France finished top of Group D with two wins and one loss, before defeating Poland in the round of 16, England in the quarter-final and Morocco in the semi-final. The final was refereed by Szymon Marciniak from Poland and took place in front of 88,966 spectators.

Argentina led 2–0 at half-time through goals from Lionel Messi and Ángel Di María, but Kylian Mbappé equalized for France by scoring two goals in two minutes after the 80th minute. During extra time, Messi scored an additional goal 10 minutes before Mbappé completed his hat-trick, leaving the match tied at 3–3. Argentina won the ensuing penalty shoot-out 4–2 to earn their third World Cup, and first since 1986. Argentina became the second team after Spain in 2010 to win the World Cup after losing their opening game. France became the first team to score three goals in a World Cup final and lose. The final has been widely regarded as the greatest FIFA World Cup Final of all time, and one of the greatest matches in the history of the sport.

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France kicked off the match at 18:00 local time (15:00 UTC) in front of a crowd of 88,966. Argentina were awarded a penalty in the 23rd minute when Ángel Di María was fouled in the penalty area by Ousmane Dembélé as Di María cut in from the left. Lionel Messi scored the penalty with a low shot to the right corner. In the 36th minute, Di Maria finished a sweeping Argentina counter-attack to make it 2–0, shooting with his left foot over the goalkeeper to the right corner of the net after a pass from Alexis Mac Allister from the right. France made two early substitutions near the end of the first half and went into half-time trailing 0–2.

Argentina were dominating the play, controlling possession, constantly threatening to score, defensively shutting down France (who failed to make an attempt on goal), and were well on course for a comfortable victory until the 80th minute, at which point France had a penalty after Randal Kolo Muani was brought down in the penalty area by Nicolás Otamendi. Kylian Mbappé scored the penalty low to the left corner, despite Emiliano Martinéz getting a hand on the ball. 97 seconds later, Kingsley Coman tackled Messi right as the game restarted, starting a rapid counterattack which ended decisively when Mbappé got a pass from Marcus Thuram and he volleyed the ball right-footed it as he was falling to the ground low to the right corner of the net to make the game 2–2. Messi had a hard shot parried over the bar by Hugo Lloris near the end of added time, and with the score tied at the end of regulation time, the match went to extra time.

After a relatively quiet first period of 15 minutes, Messi scored again for Argentina in the second period of extra time when he finished from close range after Lloris had parried a shot from Lautaro Martínez on the right, in what seemed to be the winner. But the drama wasn't finished yet, as France was awarded a second penalty after a shot by Mbappé hit the arm of Gonzalo Montiel, which was taken in the 118th minute. Mbappé scored his third goal with his penalty kick to the left, sending the goalkeeper the wrong way and becoming the second player to score a hat-trick in a men's World Cup final after Geoff Hurst for England in 1966. In the 123rd minute, with 15 seconds of the extra time to spare and with the score tied at 3–3, a loose ball fell to Kolo Muani at the edge of the box, who with no Argentina defender to stop him, shot low to the right of the goal. However, in what has been described as one of the greatest and most 'clutch' saves of all time, Emiliano Martínez blocked the shot with his left thigh to take the match went to a penalty shootout.

This was the third time the World Cup final would be decided on penalties. Mbappé and Messi successfully converted the first two attempts in the penalty shootout, but Kingsley Coman's attempt was saved by Argentina goalkeeper Martínez down low to his right. Paulo Dybala sent a shot into the net up the middle to give Argentina a 2–1 lead. Aurélien Tchouaméni then sent his shot wide of the goal to the left and Leandro Paredes scored to put France on the brink of defeat at 3–1. Kolo Muani kept France alive by scoring his chance, setting up a chance for Montiel to make up for his late handball by clinching the championship for Argentina. Montiel scored low to the left, giving Argentina their third World Cup trophy and first since 1986.

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