FIFA Final: Former champion France planning to spoil Messi’s team

KATHMANDU: France and Argentina to compete for the World Cup football title today. To reach the finals, France defeated Morocco and Argentina defeated Croatia.

The game at Lusail Stadium will begin at 8:45 p.m. Nepali time. France will compete in the final for the second time in a row. Argentina reached the final for the first time in eight years. In 2018, France defeated Croatia to win the title. Argentina lost the 2014 World Cup final to Germany.

France advanced to the final for the second time in a row after defeating Morocco 2-0 in the semi-finals. Argentina has already advanced to the final after a 3-0 win over former runners-up Croatia on Tuesday night.

Both of these teams have previously won the World Cup. The team led by Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé is vying for a third title. Messi is playing in the World Cup’s final game.

France, that 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. They were defeated by Italy in 2006. This is his fourth finals appearance.

This is the third World Cup meeting between these two teams. 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. France won 4-3 against Argentina.

After reaching the finals, both of these teams were defeated in one game. Argentina was defeated by Saudi Arabia in the first 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. In the first match of the group stage, Morocco and Croatia played to a scoreless draw.

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.