DBasia.news – The Argentina national team won the 2022 World Cup after beating the French national team 4-2 on penalties after a 3-3 draw in normal time.
The final match at the Lusail Stadium deserves to be included in the category of one of the best World Cup finals of all time as both teams refuse to give up and gave their all, there was no thought of maintaining fitness in the midst of the 2022-2023 season in Europe.
Argentina’s three goals were scored through two goals from Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria, then France’s three goals came from one player, namely Kylian Mbappe. Mbappe’s hat-trick made him the first player to do so in a final.
In the penalty shoot-out, Argentina had the advantage as they had done it previously against the Netherlands in the quarter-finals, while France had not. Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez is also able to break the opponent’s concentration with his character.
Four Argentina’s penalty takers carried out their duties well, while two French penalty takers, Kingsley Coman and Aurelien Tchouameni, failed to score. Argentina won 4-2 via penalties.
One of the Argentine penalty takers was Paulo Dybala. The AS Roma striker was not in good condition at club level and fitness after being injured, but Lionel Scaloni still believes in him.
Dybala redeemed that faith with a penalty goal and a perfect shot through the middle, tricking Hugo Lloris. Dybala also shared the secret behind his penalty kick and the contribution of the Argentine goalkeeper, Emiliano Martinez, was big.
“The penalty scored in the final was kicked into the middle thanks to Emi Martinez’s advice. I realized that I only went in to take the penalty, so I have to stay calm,” Dybala said as quoted by Football-Italy.
“It took me a while to get to the penalty spot. I wanted to shoot into the corner but Emi Martinez told me ‘If they miss, shoot it in the middle because their keeper will jump, I did well to listen. That’s exactly what happened,” he explained.
With Hugo Lloris’ habit of jumping first and his poor record when facing penalties, plus the great experience of goalkeepers like Martinez, Argentina was able to beat France.