Argentina won the World Cup for the third time after defeating France 4-2 in a penalty shootout in the World Cup final. With this, star player Lionel Messi’s 18-year dream has come true.
After 28 days of fighting to win the trophy, Argentina and France qualified for the final.
3 out of 5 goals scored by Messi in this World Cup series were Benladi’s chances. Only once did Messi miss a penalty. As a result, Messi took the penalty. Accordingly, Lionel Messi scored the first goal for Argentina in the World Cup final. This is Messi’s 6th World Cup goal. With this, the Argentine team took a 1-0 lead.
The Argentinian team continued to attack after attack. Then, in the 36th minute, Messi carried the ball into France’s territory improbably and made a timely pass to Di Maria. It was brilliantly scored by France goalkeeper Lloris.
With this, the Argentine team took a 2-0 lead.
After this, star players Giroud and Dembele were replaced on the French side in the 40th minute, and Movani and Duran were brought on as substitutes. After 45 minutes had ended, an additional 7 minutes were awarded. The French team players acted aggressively. However, the French team could not score any goals. Thus, the first half of the game ended with the lead of the Argentine team.
Argentina started attacking again in the second half. In the 50th minute, the French team blocked Argentina’s goal chance. Then in the 52nd minute, Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez stopped France’s attempt to score.
Di Maria, who scored in the 64th minute, was substituted and Akuma was brought on. Meanwhile, even after 70 minutes, the French team could not score the first goal. From the 67th minute, the French team wasted 3 consecutive chances to score.
In this situation, in the 80th minute, due to the mistake made by the Argentinian Otomendi, the French team got a penalty opportunity. Mbappe scored and was amazing. This made the score 2-1. Then in the next minute, Mbappe again scored the second goal for France. French President Emmanuel Macron stood up and cheered for this.
This is Kylian Mbappe’s 7th goal in the World Cup. Due to this, the game became exciting with a score of 2-2. After this, Argentina’s attempts to score were unsuccessful. The French tacklers countered with added confidence. At the end of 90 minutes, an additional 8 minutes were awarded.
The French team attacked one after the other. Mbappe’s chance to score was blocked by the Argentine players. The French attacked again in the next minute. It was stopped by goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez. Then in the last minute Messi attacked, Lloris stopped it. The game then went into overtime.
The first half of extra time saw France attack attack after attack. However, Argentina’s defenders continued to hold back. Both teams went scoreless in the first half of consecutive overtime. Argentina began to attack in the second half of extra time.
As a result, Argentina’s star player Messi scored a goal in the 109th minute to make the game 3-2. But when the ball fell into the hands of the Argentina team in the box, the France team got a penalty. Mbappe came back and scored the 3rd goal.
This brought the game back to 3-3. Then with an extra 3 minutes to be given, both teams started attacking attack after attack. But no goal was scored. As a result, the match was taken to a penalty shoot out.
Messi scored the first goal in the Penaldi shootout, followed by France’s Mbappe. France’s Kingsley then missed a second chance. Argentina’s Paulo then scored at the second chance. This gave Argentina a 2-1 lead.
France’s Salameni then missed the goal in the third chance, followed by Argentina’s Parades. This made the score 3-1. France’s Kolo Mounie followed up with a goal, followed by Mandial who scored in the 4th chance. With this, Argentina won the World Cup with a score of 4-2.
Argentina’s victory was watched by fans on wide screens in various big cities including Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Kanyakumari, Coimbatore and Trichy.
Unable to accept France’s defeat in Puducherry, France fans burst into tears and expressed their grief.
At the same time, the fans of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry celebrated Argentina’s victory by bursting firecrackers and dancing enthusiastically as if welcoming the New Year.
All in all, there was excitement in various parts of Tamil Nadu like the birth of a new year.
News: K. Shanmugavadivel
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