Mbappetelt 2 Gol, Argentina Vs France 2022 World Cup Final Continued To Additional Round

French national team player, Kylian Mbappe. (Photo: Twitter @FrenchTeam)

JAKARTA - Argentina must continue the fight against France in the final which took place at the Lusail Stadium, Sunday, December 18, 2022, to an additional round. This is after both teams drew 2-2 in normal time.

Having taken a 2-0 lead in the first half, Argentina conceded two goals in the second half. It was Kylian Mbappe who made the score 2-2.

Argentina put more pressure at the start of the first half. The threat after threat was launched by Lionel Scaloni's team.

However, the French defense is still able to confront all forms of threats.

In the 21st minute, disaster befell Les Bleus. Ousmane Dembele violated Angel Di Maria in the penalty box, the referee immediately pointed to the spot.

Lionel Messi who became the executioner, tricked Hugo Lloris. The score also changed 1-0 for Argentina's advantage.

⚽️ Group stage ⚽️ Round of 16⚽️ Quarter-final⚽️ Semi-final⚽️ FinalMessi has led the way at this #FIFAWorldCup 👏 pic.twitter.com/vx3FqDQTwk

— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) December 18, 2022

Winning 1-0 makes La Albiceleste players more confident. They made the French players not develop their game.

As a result, Di Maria added the advantage in the 36th minute through a counter-attack scheme. Starting from Messi's pass to Julian Alvarez, the ball was then offered to Alexis Ma the Allister who stood free from control.

Not selfish, Mac Allister then provided a beautiful pass to Di Maria who finished with a deadly left foot kick. Lloris was helpless. The score of 2-0 for Argentina lasted until the break.

The game in the second half has not changed. France is still playing poorly like the first half. Didier Deschamps' troops always lost the ball before entering the Argentine penalty box.

Mbappe, who rarely gets a ball, was even caught several times in the middle of the field to get the ball.

Meanwhile, Argentina appeared relaxed because it was comfortable with a 2-0 advantage. They looked neat and waited for the French players to make their own mistakes.

Argentina even had time to pose threats through Alvarez and Messi. However, no additional goals have been created yet.

Mbappe also had the opportunity afterwards. However, the ball from the shot has not met the target, deviated over the Argentina crossbar.

France actually excelled in possession in this second half. Unfortunately, Les Bleus' players seem confused in dismantling the tight defense from Argentina.

In the 79th minute, France finally broke the deadlock. Otamendi's violation of substitute Randal Kolo Muani resulted in a penalty.

Mbappe, who became the executor, did not waste the opportunity to make his team reduce the position to 2-1.

Argentina seemed complacent. Just one minute after the penalty goal, Mbappe broke into the Argentina goal which was guarded by Emiliano Martinez.

This time through an open game. Receiving Marcus Thuram's pass which entered in the second half, the Paris Saint-Germain player broke into the opponent's goal with a right foot kick and half volley.

𝙁𝙍𝙊𝙈 10... 𝙏𝙊 11 (it's going too fast 😅)!@KMbappe is the first player to score at least 10 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐩 goals before his 24 birthday! 🔥All in just 14 games 🤯 pic.twitter.com/i5LvxtHLDF

— French Team ⭐⭐ (@FrenchTeam) December 18, 2022

This goal puts him at the top of the list of the 2022 World Cup's top goalscorers. The two goals saw Mbappe now collect seven goals.

Towards the end of normal time, Messi came close to bringing Argentina back to the lead. However, his efforts were still able to be countered by Lloris. The match had to be played until the extra round after the position remained 2-2.

Line-up

Argentina (4-3-3): Emiliano Martinez; Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, Nicolas Otamendi, Nicolas Tagliafico; Rodrigo De Paul, Enzo Fernandez, Alexis Mac Allister; Angel Di Maria, Lionel Messi, Julian Alvarez

France (4-3-3): Hugo Lloris; Jules Kunde, Raphael Varane, Dayot Upamecano, Theo Hernandez; Antoine Griezmann, Aurelien Tchouameni, Adrien Rabiot; Ousmane Dembele, Olivier Giroud, Kylian Mbappe