{"id":248518,"date":"2022-12-18T12:43:12","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T18:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=248518"},"modified":"2022-12-18T14:24:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T20:24:02","slug":"fifa-world-cup-messi-argentina-are-the-new-world-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fifa-world-cup-messi-argentina-are-the-new-world-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup: Messi, Argentina Are The New World Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"

December 18, 2022 will be forever known as the day Lionel Messi won the World Cup<\/a>. The most prestigious trophy of soccer is finally his, the only thing missing from the career of one of the best soccer players in the history of the game.<\/p>\n

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Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi celebrates after a goal. Argentina beat France to be the World Cup 2022 champions. (Image: Eurosport)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Argentina started the final with everything, showing a lot of personality and dominating all aspects from the first whistle. They kept France from scoring a goal in the entire first half.<\/p>\n

Messi put up the first goal for Argentina, albeit off a questionable penalty. It gave him 12 goals in World Cup matches \u2013 the same as soccer legend Pel\u00e9 \u2013 but he wasn’t done yet.<\/p>\n

Argentina, France In Heated Battle<\/h2>\n

That first goal came at 22′ and the second came 13 minutes later \u2013 that was a real goal. Angelo Di Mar\u00eda connected and gave Argentina a 2-0 lead as the first period came to a close.<\/p>\n

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France came alive in the second half. Leading the charge was Kylian Mbapp\u00e9<\/a>, who put up France’s first goal 80 minutes into the match off a penalty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Argentina, like they have done previously in this tournament, started to falter. Nicol\u00e1s Otamendi got into trouble before an attack by Marcus Thuram, and instead of clearing the ball, he ended up committing a penalty. That opened the door for Mbapp\u00e9’s goal, and France turned up the heat.<\/p>\n

In the blink of an eye, the tie arrived. Mbapp\u00e9 scored again just a minute after his penalty shot found the back of the net. Argentina had gone cold.<\/p>\n

No team would score for the rest of the regulation. The game went into extra time, and at 108′, Messi scored the third goal for Argentina. Suddenly, it looked like Messi was about to get his first World Cup, and take it off a goal he served up.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, that wasn’t going to come easily. Mbapp\u00e9 scored a hat-trick when he gave France another goal off a penalty. The board screamed 3-3 in bright numbers as both extra periods came to an end.<\/p>\n

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Hispanic commentators when Argentina wins the World Cup is emotional af!! Listen to the passion in my mans voice. pic.twitter.com\/MrZiLVzdCN<\/a><\/p>\n

— EddieVR (@sauceddie) December 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n