World cup football today

USA TODAY After four weeks of soccer.in Qatar, Argentina has been crowned the World Cup champion, Lionel Messi is a world champion for the first time, finally capturing the just about the onlytrophy missing from his cabinet. Messi scored twice in the final and converted his penalty kick, finishing the tournament with seven goals in seven matches. WORLD CUP AT A GLANCE: France's Kylian Mbappe finished as the top scorer with eight goals – including three in the final – but his team fell short in the penalty shootout with the chance to win a second consecutive World Cup. Here's how everything unfolded on Sunday at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar: Lionel Messi is a World Cup champion. Finally. In his last World Cup appearance, Messi waved to the fans as several of his teammates dissolved into tears. While this game will be remembered for Messi's majestic moment, it also will be remembered for Kylian Mbappe's heroics. All but left for dead after a lethargic first 80 minutes, he scored twice in 90 seconds to force extra time andthen, after Messi had scored, converted a penalty to force the shootout. – Nancy Armour Kingsley Coman and Aurélien Tchouaméni missed for France, while Argentina converted all four kicks to ARGENTINA WINS THE 2022 FIFA WORLD CUP 🇦🇷 THE GREATEST MEN'S FIFA WORLD CUP FINAL OF ALL TIME For the third time in history, the World Cup final will be decided by penalty kicks. Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe each scored in the second period of extra time to send this to ...