FIFA World Cup 2022 Highlights: Lionel Messi's Argentina beat France to win 3rd title

Messi becomes the first player to win the Golden Ball twice in World Cup history.

Golden Ball: Lionel Messi

Golden Boot: Kylian Mbappe

Golden Glove: Emiliano Martinez

Young Player of the Tournament: Enzo Fernandez

• Messi has now become the first player to have scored in 14 different World Cup games.
• Messi has also become the first player to score in the group stage, Round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals and final of a single World Cup. 
• Messi has become the first player with 20 direct goal contributions in World Cups since records began in 1966.
• Messi now has the most appearances (26) in FIFA World Cup history. He left behind Germany's Lothar Matthaus to make the record his own. 
• Messi has surpassed Italian footballer Paolo Maldini to register the most minutes in FIFA World Cup history. 

Argentina beat France in penalty shootouts to win the World Cup 2022. After the game ended in a 3-3 draw, Argentina won 4-2 on penalties. 

Argentina are now the favourites to win the World Cup 2022 with France missing two back-to-back penalties. 

Martinez with a great save in penalty shootouts has provided Argentina with a chance of winning the World Cup. 

Mbappe's penalty in the extra time has taken the final into penalty shootouts. Earlier, Messi scored a brilliant goal to provide Argentina the much-needed lead but Mbappe's penalty leveled the score again and forced a shootouts. 

Mbappe converted another penalty to level the score against Argentina in extra time. A hat-trick for the French superstar in the World Cup final.

Parades has been shown a yellow card in extra time after a poor challenge against Camavinga.

Argentina have regained their lead against France with Messi scoring a goal in extra time. Argentina are 3-2 up in the game. 

Only two World Cup finals have gone into penalty shootouts. Will Argentina vs France will be the third final to go into penalty shootouts?

A great block from Upamecano as Martinez attempts a shot on target in extra time. 

Martinez replaces Alvarez, while Paredes comes in place of De Paul.

Messi pushes the ball out to hand France a corner in the extra time. 

Another change for France as Fofana comes in place of Rabiot in extra time.  

Two goals from Kylian Mbappe have taken the World Cup final into extra time. Mbappe scored back-to-back goals in the 80th and 81st minute to level the score against Argentina. 

Back-to-back goals from Mbappe has put him ahead of Messi in the golden boot race. Mbappe now has 7 goals from six matches compared to Messi's six goals from as many games.  

France have had two shots at the goal in the last three minutes after failing to take even a single attempt in the first 67 minutes. 

France have secured a penalty after Muani was brought down by Otamendi inside the box. 

Kylian Mbappe has converted a penalty to help his team register the first goal of the final. The scoreline reads 2-1 in favour of Argentina. 

Mbappe scored the second goal in the 81st minute to level the score for France. 

France brought in Coman and Camavinga as replacements of Griezmann and Hernandez, respectively. 

Acuna has come in as the first change for Argentina in the 64th minute. He has replaced Di Maria. 

Alvarez hits low from the left of the box but Lloris makes a good effort to save it. 

Rabiot was shown the second yellow card of the final after he brought down De Paul. 

France secured their first corner of the second half. Griezmann takes it but it's a poor delivery as he sends the ball straight into the hands of Argentine goalkeeper.  

The second-half of the final between Argentina and France has started at the Lusail Stadium. 

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is at the Lusail Stadium to watch the final of the World Cup, took to his Twitter handle to share the penalty shoot from Messi. 

Argentina and France go into halftime with the scoreline reading 2-0 in favour of the Lionel Messi-led side. 

Enzo Fernandez was shown the first yellow card of the final after he brought down Kolo Muani before halftime. 

Di Maria has been on fire in the final as he first secured the penalty which Messi converted and then scored the second goal for Argentina. 

Di Maria scored the second goal for Argentina to put them 2-0 up in the final against France. A glorious goal from Di Maria and Argentina. 

Messi becomes the first-ever player to score in the group stage, Round of 16, quarterfinal, semifinal, and final of a single World Cup. 

Messi is now one goal ahead of Kylian Mbappe in the Golden Boot race. He has six goals from six matches in the ongoing tournament. 

Argentine superstar Lionel Messi has put his team 1-0 up in the final against France as he converted a penalty in the 23rd minute. 

Di Maria missed an easy chance to put Argentina 1-0 ahead in the final of the World Cup as he blazed his shot high over the bar despite taking it from the edge of the box. 

France secured a free kick just outside Argentina's box after De Paul brought down Hernandez. 

Argentina secured a penalty and there is a big chance to take an early lead over France. 

France secured a clearing free kick after Romero pushed his Tottenham Hotspur teammate Lloris inside the box.  

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is at the Lusail Stadium to watch the final of the FIFA World Cup between Argentina and France. 

Argentina attempted their first shot at the goal just inside five minutes from the official kick off. 

French President Emmanuel Macron is at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar to cheer for his country in the final against Argentina. 

Players from Argentina and France have arrived in the middle for the national anthem. The match is set to begin shortly. 

This is the last chance for Argentine superstar Lionel Messi to add the missing World Cup trophy to his cabinet. Despite being one of the greatest footballers of the current era, Messi never won a World Cup for his country. Messi is currently 35 years old and the ongoing tournament is going to be his last appearance at the World Cup. 

Both France and Argentina are looking to win their third World Cup title. While France won the 1998 and 2018 editions of the World Cup, Argentina had emerged victorious in 1978 and 1986. 

If France can defeat Argentina in the final of the Qatar World Cup, it will become the first team after Brazil to win the title two times in a row. 

Argentina subs: Subs: Armani, Foyth, Montiel, Paredes, Pezzella, Acuna, Rulli, Palacios, Correa, Almada, Gomez, Rodriguez, Dybala, Lisandro Martinez, Lautaro Martinez.

France subs: Pavard, Disasi, Guendouzi, Muani, Fofana, Veretout, Mandanda, Saliba, Coman, Areola, Konate, Camavinga, Thuram.

France Starting XI: Hugo Lloris (captain), Jules Kounde, Raphael Varane, Dayot Upamecano, Theo Hernandez, Antoine Griezmann, Aurelien Tchouameni, Adrien Rabiot, Ousmane Dembele, Olivier Giroud, Kylian Mbappe

Argentina Starting XI: Emiliano Martinez, Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, Nicolas Otamendi, Nicolas Tagliafico, Rodrigo De Paul, Enzo Fernandez, Alexis Mac Allister, Angel Di Maria, Lionel Messi (captain), Julian Alvarez

The closing ceremony for the FIFA World Cup 2022 is currently taking place at the Lusail Stadium. Apart from Bollywood's Nora Fatehi, global stars like Balqees, Rahma Riad, and Manal are performing at the event. 

Players from both Argentina and France have arrived at the Lusail Stadium and are taking stock of the ground where they will the final later tonight. 

Kylian Mbappe had scored one goal in the final of the 2018 World Cup against Croatia. His goal helped France win the game 4-2.  

The live streaming of the FIFA World Cup 2022 final between Argentina and France will be free on the Jio Cinema website and app. The final will be telecasted on the Sports 18 channel.

Argentina predicted XI: Martinez; Montiel, Romero, Otamendi, Acuna; De Paul, Paredes, Fernandez, MacAllister; Messi, Alvarez

France predicted XI: Lloris; Kounde, Upamecano, Varane, Hernandez; Tchouameni, Rabiot; Dembele, Griezmann, Mbappe; Giroud

This will be the 13th time in history that Argentina and France encounter each other on the football field. In the 12 games played so far, Argentina have a better win record with six victories. France, on the other hand, have won three games, while the other three games have ended in a draw.