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Argentina taunt Mbappe in chaotic World Cup celebration scenes
Argentina’s players and staff began their wild celebrations with a mock “moment of silence” for Kylian Mbappe before they danced on tables and leapt into wheelie bins after the World Cup final victory over France.
- by Sam Dean
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‘We love this team’: Argentina street party erupts after World Cup win
“This team made people fall in love with them for the first time in decades,” said one relieved fan in Buenos Aires.
- by Nicolás Misculin
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FIFA World Cup
Game’s finest player denied ultimate prize by finest of margins
Lionel Messi was the World Cup final’s great presence, a force that was eventually irresistible. But Kylian Mbappe, the runner-up with a hat-trick to his name, was its finest player.
- by Sam Wallace
As it happened World Cup final 2022 : Argentina wins World Cup in penalty shootout despite Mbappe’s hat-trick
Lionel Messi finally has a World Cup winners medal after a dramatic climax to the 2022 tournament in Qatar.
- by Roy Ward
Street parties in Buenos Aires as World Cup win unites Argentina
Bearing flags, hats and the country’s iconic blue-and-white jerseys, Argentines took over Buenos Aires’ streets after Messi’s team won on penalties.
- by Nicolás Misculin
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Fairytale for Messi as Argentina beat France on penalties in World Cup final
Lionel Messi led Argentina to a famous World Cup victory, beating France on penalties in a dramatic final in Qatar.
More than Mbappe v Messi: The key players to look for in the World Cup final
The World Cup final has been billed as Messi v Mbappe ever since Argentina and France won through to the decider. But in reality, this match-up is about so much more...
- by Graham Dunbar
‘Football is life’: Noisy all-nighter ahead for French and Argentinian fans watching World Cup final
The French have the numbers on their side in Sydney, but the Argentinians have drums.
- by Anthony Segaert
Messi the magician or Mbappe the machine? The final within the World Cup final
It’s France versus Argentina, sure, and there’s a supporting cast who will have a say, but the battle within the battle is unavoidable: the king of football, looking for his crowning moment, against the heir to his throne, and the potential spoiler to this global sporting fairytale.
- by Vince Rugari
Merci or Messi? Melbourne’s Argentinian, French fans seek World Cup glory
These Argentinian and French Melburnians can agree on one thing ahead of the World Cup final: They all want Lionel Messi to become a world champion. The trouble is, they can’t agree when.
- by Lachlan Abbott
Clash of the Titans: Messi v Mbappe looms as ultimate World Cup duel
Not since the 1998 showdown between Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo has a World Cup final promised such a heavyweight clash.
- by Paul Zalunardo