Argentina snatched the football World Cup after a thrilling and toughest match with the defending champion France on penalty shootouts on Sunday.
Argentina defeated France 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out to win the World Cup for the third time.
Argentina captain Lionel Messi scored twice and France striker Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick as a thrilling World Cup final finished 3-3 after extra time at the Lusail Stadium.
According to details, Argentina defeated France 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out to win the World Cup for the third time at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar on Sunday.
Argentina captain Lionel Messi scored twice and France striker Kylian Mbappe hit a hat-trick as a thrilling World Cup final finished 3-3 after extra time at the Lusail Stadium.
In an extraordinary night of high drama, Argentinian substitute Gonzalo Montiel stroked home the winning spot-kick to seal an agonising shoot-out loss for defending champions France.
France had fought back from 2-0 down and 3-2 down in extra-time to make it 3-3 and take the game to penalties.
Messi had given Argentina the lead from the penalty spot in the first half before Angel Di Maria made it 2-0.
The Argentinians looked to be cruising to victory until Mbappe scored twice in the 80th and 81st minutes to level it at 2-2.
France looked the likelier team to go on and win it, but Messi put Argentina 3-2 ahead in extra-time after poking home from close range after Lautaro Martinez's shot was parried by France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.
But there was more drama two minutes from the end of extra-time when Montiel conceded a penalty for handball.
Messi's Paris Saint-Germain team-mate Mbappe stepped up to score from the spot for the second time to take the game to penalties.
World Cup final goes to penalty shootout
The World Cup final between Argentina and France went to a penalty shootout on Sunday after it finished 3-3 in extra time.
The match ended 2-2 after 90 minutes but Lionel Messi poked in a goal to put Argentina 3-2 ahead in the 108th minute before Kylian Mbappe completed his hat-trick two minutes before the end of extra-time.
Argentina and France go into extra-time
The World Cup final between Argentina and France went into extra time on Sunday after the French roared back from two goals down to bring the score to 2-2.
Lionel Messi stroked home a 23rd-minute penalty and Angel Di Maria swept home a superb second for Argentina but defending champions France hit back in the second half as Kylian Mbappe converted an 80th-minute penalty and equalized with an acrobatic volley a minute later.
Argentina gets lead of 2 goals in first half
Argentina hit two goals in the first half of the Football World Cup Final match in Qatar on Sunday.
Lionel Messi made the first goal for Argentina in the first half’s 23rd minute while another footballer Angel Di Maria made the second goal for the team in the 36th minute.
Surprisingly, France as a defending champion failed to make a single shot on target against Argentina. France has a possession of only 40 percent and Argentina 60 percent.
Interestingly, in the first half, Argentina made only 10 fouls and France 11 while a player from Argentina also received a yellow card.
Karachiites watch Arg vs Fra final in Lyari's park on big screen
Karachiites watched the match on a big screen installed at Maulvi Usman Park, Bhaiya Bagh in Lyari.
Football lovers gathered at Usman Park in Lyari declared Argentina as their favorite and hopefully next world champion.