On December 18, the World Cup enters the last match day. The Argentina team will face the French team at the Lusail Stadium . The attention of this game is unprecedented. Everyone hopes to witness whether Messi wins the Hercules Cup for the first time, or whether Mbappe can lead the team to defend the title. The game kicks off at 23:00 tonight, and Poland 's Marciniak will serve as the referee of the World Cup final.
The two teams have played against each other three times in history, and Argentina won two games, but the games they won were all warm-up matches. The only time the French team won was the last World Cup. In a 16-goal battle, Mbappe scored twice and the French team eliminated Argentina 4-3.
The Argentine team has won the World Cup twice before, in 1978 and 1986. However, 36 years have passed since the last time they won the championship. Currently, no player on the team has touched the Hercules Cup. Eight years ago, Argentina had a chance to win the championship, but unfortunately they lost to Germany in overtime and finished second. Now in this World Cup, Argentina lost 1-2 to Saudi Arabia in the first group match, and then won two consecutive victories and advanced as the first in the group. In the knockout rounds, they faced Australia, the Netherlands and Croatia . The Argentine team successfully passed and advanced to the finals.
Messi led the team to the Hercules Cup, which is an honor he has never won in his career. At the same time, Messi strives to break the curse, that is, he has never scored a goal on behalf of the Argentina team in the finals of the World Series. Messi has not scored in the previous 4 Copa Americas, 1 Olympic Games and 1 World Cup. Now Messi and Mbappe are tied for the top scorer list. If they score, they are very likely to win both the championship and the Golden Boot.
The French team is also a two-time World Cup champion. They won the championship in 1998 and 2018. They performed extremely well in the last World Cup and eliminated Argentina 4-3 in the first round of the knockout round. In this World Cup, the French team ranked first with 2 wins and 1 loss in the group stage. In the knockout round, they first defeated Poland 3-1, England 2-1, and Morocco 2-0 to advance to the final. After 5 games, the French team's performance is getting better and better, and they also achieved zero seals in the last round.
Mbappe is the core of this team. He has currently scored 5 goals, tied for first place with Messi, and also has 2 assists. Although the French team's two goals in the semi-finals were not counted as assists by Mbappe, they were both from his shots being saved and his teammates' complementary shots. Although there is no Benzema and the previous World Cup champions Kante and Pogba , this French team is full of talents, and center Giroud has performed well in the club and national team. Special Olympics and others also performed very well, and the French team was strong.
Another highlight of the World Cup final is the battle for the Golden Boot. If nothing else, the Golden Boot award of this World Cup will be between Mbappe (5 goals), Messi (5 goals), Giroud (4 goals) and Alvarez (4 goals). Whoever can score in the final will have a greater chance of winning the Golden Boot award.
This much-anticipated World Cup final will kick off at 23:00 on the evening of December 18th. It will be broadcast live on CCTV5. Messi will fight Mbappe. France and Argentina will compete in the Hercules Cup. We are looking forward to the performance of the two teams.
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