Lionel Messi becomes a world champion at last after Kylian Mbappe’s hat-trick inspires remarkable extra-time and penalty shootout drama.
On a historic night in the Lusail Stadium in Qatar the South Americans were two goals up and looked to be cruising after Messi netted from the penalty spot with his sixth of the tournament before Angel Di Maria bagged a second with France,
Didier Deschamps made a double change before the break with Olivier Giroud and Ousmane Dembele taken off.
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Kylian Mbappe scored twice within 95 seconds as the game entered the final 10 minutes to turn the final at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar on its head and take it to extra time but Messi scored in the 19th minute of added time for what looked like being the winner only for Mbappe to score a second from the spot and force spot kicks.
Argentina held their nerve to win on spot kicks with Aston Villa keeper Emiliano Martinez the hero in a 4-2 shoot-out victory with France missing twice. Messi and Mbappe both scored from 12 yards with the opening kicks.
