MADRID, Spain.- The final of the Soccer World Cup in Qatar, which will take place on December 18 in front of 80,000 spectators at the Lusail Stadium, will be full of emotion. Not only will two great teams face each other: Argentina, current champion of America, and France, current World Cup champion; but it will also be a duel between two of the most stellar footballers: Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé.
the two players, teammates at Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), They will want to raise the glass. For the Argentine it will mean the title that remains pending in his spectacular sports career, which has led him to be considered the best footballer of the century; the title so longed for by the fans and that they were about to win in the 2014 World Cup final in Brazil, where the Argentines lost to Joachim Löw’s Germany, who won 1-0 in extra time thanks to a goal by Mario Götze .
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— Kylian Mbappé (@KMbappe) August 12, 2021
Messi, 35, recently declared to the Argentine media hey that this will be his last World Cup, so what may happen will be even more expected.
“I feel very happy to be able to achieve this, to end my World Cup career playing my last game in a final. (…) The next one will be many years away and I don’t think I can do it. Finishing like this is the best”, declared the man from Rosario, who has won everything individually and at the club level.
For the Frenchman it would be his second world title, since with only 19 years He was part of the team with which France won the 2018 Russian Soccer Cup. In said World Cup, Mbappé, who contributed four goals to the French team, was selected as Best Young Player.
This Sunday both Argentina and France will try their third star. Argentina reaches the final after winning, last Tuesday, with a score of 3-0 in the semifinals against the Croatia of Luka Modric, current runner-up of the tournament. While France did it against Morocco, the great surprise of the World Cup. Although the Atlas Lions battled throughout the match, Lloris managed to keep a clean sheet.
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