Argentina won the penalty shootout after one of the greatest World Cup finals of all time, ended in a 3-3 draw. The Lusail Stadium hosted one of the greatest, if not the greatest, World Cup finals in history. Messi can be seen very happy holding the world cup trophy check below the fotos de messi.
Argentina led for much of the game until Kylian Mbappe converted a penalty and scored a spectacular equalizer to force extra time. This resulted in even more insane football, with chances flying around at both ends. Argentina appeared to win after Messi scored late in the second half of extra time, only to concede a penalty seconds later. Mbappe converted that as well, becoming the first player since 1966 to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final. Despite this, he ended up on the losing side, as Argentina won the penalty shootout. Messi finally got his hands on the World Cup trophy in what he said was his final game in this tournament.
Some new records were created by Messi:
- Clinching Golden Ball twice: The 35-year-old was awarded the Golden Ball award (Best Player of the tournament award) in the tournament and became the first and only player to win the award twice in World Cup history. He had earlier won the award in 2014.
- First to Score in all knockout games of a WC: Messi’s curse in knockouts is a thing of yesterday now. Before this World Cup, the Argentine star could not score a goal in any World Cup knockout match for Argentina. But the iconic star has now made a huge record in Qatar 2022. Messi has become the first and only player in history to score goals in all knockout games in FIFA World Cup 2022. He found the back of the net in all four knockout games in Qatar.
- Joint Most win by a player in FIFA World Cup: Argentina’s win over France saw Messi equal the record for most wins in FIFA World Cup. The Argentine captain has 17 wins and is equal to Germany’s Miroslav Klose.
- Most appearances in World Cup as player and captain: Messi has also shattered the record for most World Cup appearances both as a player and as a captain. Messi stepped in his 26th game as a player and 19th as a captain. He surpassed Germany’s Lothar Matthaus in most appearances as a player and Mexico’s Rafael Márquez as a captain of the team in all FIFA World Cups.
- Most Player of the Match awards won at the FIFA World Cup: The Argentina captain was awarded his 5th Player of the match trophy in Qatar 2022 in the match against France. The striker is the record holder of most player of the match awards in all editions of World Cups. Messi has 11 trophies.
- Most minutes played in the history of the World Cup: Lionel Messi has achieved the record for the most minutes played in FIFA World Cup. He went past Italy legend Paolo Maldini’s record of 2,217 minutes when he spent 23 minutes on the field.
- Only player to score at a World Cup finals in his teens, his 20s and his 30s: Messi also holds this big record for scoring in World Cups during his teen days and in his 20s and also in 30s.
- Youngest and oldest player to get a goal and assist in a single World Cup game-18yrs & 357 days and 35yrs & 172 days
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After the Award ceremony messi can be seen holding the world cup trophy and dancing and signing – here are some of the fotos de messi, argentina fotos de messi, fotos de messi en Argentina, fotos de messi con la copa Gallery.
Lionel Messi wearing the black cloak is called a ‘Beshth’. It’s usually worn by victorious Arab warriors and the royal family.Emir of Qatar gave Messi the honour as a sign of respect to a true warrior.
Is Messi going to retire after world cup?
To answer that Messi himself told to reporter, “No i am not going to retire from the national team i want to keep playing as a world champion in ARGENTINA Jersey”.
