Argentina & France to compete in final game

KATHMANDU: Former champions France and Argentina will compete for the World Cup title.

France advanced to the final for the second time in a row after defeating Morocco 2-0 on Wednesday night.

Argentina has already advanced to the final after a 3-0 win over former runners-up Croatia on Tuesday night. Previously, both of these teams won the World Cup twice.

The team led by Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe is vying for a third title. Messi is playing in the World Cup’s final game. He has already stated that this will be his final game.

France, which won the World Cup for the first time in 1998 by defeating Brazil, won it again in 2018 by defeating Croatia. Argentina won the World Cup for the first time in 1978 when they defeated the Netherlands. In 1986, they added another title by defeating Germany. Argentina has reached the final twice but has yet to win the title.

In both 1990 and 2014, they were defeated in the final by Germany. Argentina had previously reached the final of the first World Cup. Argentina will now compete in the World Cup final for the sixth time. France has only once been defeated in the final. He was defeated by Italy in 2006. This is his fourth finals appearance.

This is the third time these two teams have met in the World Cup. The first time they met in the group stage was in 1978 when Argentina defeated France 2-1.

Argentina defeated France 2-1 in the group stage for the first time in 1978. In the last World Cup, they met in the round of 16. In which France defeated Argentina 4-3.

After reaching the finals, both of these teams were defeated in one game. Argentina was defeated by Saudi Arabia in the opening match of the group stage. France was defeated by Tunisia in the final group stage match.

France defeated Poland in the last 16, while Argentina defeated Australia. In the quarter-finals, France defeated England. Argentina triumphed over the Netherlands.

Both teams defeated nations from the same group in the semi-finals. Morocco and Croatia in Group F played a goalless draw in the first match of the group stage.

Both of these teams have four forwards competing for the Golden Boot in the ongoing World Cup. Messi of Argentina and Mbappe of France each scored five goals, while Giroud of France and Alvarez of Argentina each scored four.