Recap Perjalanan Argentina Dan Prancis Menuju Final Piala Dunia 2022 Qatar

JAKARTA - Argentina and France will clash at the Lusail Stadium, Qatar, in the 2022 World Cup final. Both teams will face off on Sunday, 18 Desembber at 22.00 WIB.

Both teams had to go through a steep path before stepping into the final. Argentina even had to swallow the bitter pill in the first match, before finally being able to enjoy this success.

France also lost in the group phase. However, that happened when they had already made sure to qualify for the round of 16.

After that, the two teams slowly treaded the road to the top of the party. Not everything was smooth even though it was finally passed.

The following is the path that Argentina and France went through before breaking into the 2022 World Cup final:

Group phase

Argentina 1 (Lionel Messi 10, penalty) vs Saudi Arabia 2 (Saleh Al-Shehri 48, Salem Al-Dawsari 53)

Argentina 2 (Lionel Messi 64, Enzo Fernandez 87) vs Mexico 0

Poland 0 vs Argentina 2 (Alexis Mac Allister 46, Julian Alvarez 67)

The last 16

Argentina 2 (Lionel Messi 35, Julian Alvarez 57) vs Australia 1 (Enzo Fernandez 77, suicide)

Quarter-finals

Netherlands 2 (Wout Weghorst 83, 90+11) vs Argentina 2 (Nahuel Molina 35, Lionel Messi 73, penalty) after extra time

Argentina won 4-3 on penalties

Semifinals

Argentina 3 (Lionel Messi's 34th minute penalty, Julian Alvarez 39, 69) vs Croatia 0

Group phase

France 4 (Adrien Rabiot 27, Olivier Giroud 32, 71, Kylian Mbappe 68) vs Australia 1 (Craigmen 9)

France 2 (Kylian Mbappe 61, 86) vs Denmark 1 (Andreas Christensen 68)

Tunisia 1 (Wahbi Khazri 58) vs France 0

The last 16

France 3 (Olivier Giroud 44, Kylian Mbappe 74, 90+1) vs Poland 1 (Robert Lewandowski, 90+9 penalty)

Quarterfinals

England 1 (Harry Kane, penalty 54) vs France 2 (Aurelien Tchouameni 17, Olivier Giroud 78)

Semifinals

France 2 (Theo Hernandez 5, Randal Kolo Muani 79) vs Morocco 0