Legendary player Lionel Messi becomes the world champion and his wife expresses her excitement!
- IndiaGlitz, [Monday,December 19 2022]
The sporting world witnessed a historical night yesterday. The defending champions France locked horns with the Lionel Messi-led Argentina team in the FIFA World Cup 2022. Messi fans were rooting for the legend to win a world cup before his retirement. The highly anticipated match took place in the Lusail iconic stadium in Qatar.
Argentina emerged as the FIFA world cup Champions after 36 years. The 2022 FIFA was said to be the last world cup for the game's legend Messi. He finally won the first world cup in his career. Messi's wife Antonela Roccuzzo expressed her excitement over Argentina's victory by sharing photos of their family celebrating with the world cup. The images are currently going viral on the internet.
Argentina scored two goals in the initial 30 minutes of the match - one penalty goal by Messi and one goal by De Maria. France wasn't able to clinch a goal and the game went past 75 minutes. That's when the side's superstar player Kylian Mbappe leveled the points by pocketing two goals in just 97 seconds around the 80th minute.
The finals went to extra time and Argentina got the lead 3-2 with a stunning goal from Lionel Messi after 100 minutes. In an interesting turn of events, France got a penalty kick around the 116th minute and Mbappe tied the scores in the extra time as well. As the game went to the penalty shootouts, Argentina defeated the defending champions by a score of 4-2.
The winning side's keeper Emi Martinez saved crucial goals in the penalty, which helped Argentina big time in this remarkable victory. Lionel Messi scripted history by leading his country to the World Cup after 1986, a year before he was born. Messi, who is celebrated as one of the greatest players to ever have graced the sport, has now clinched all possible achievements in his career.