FIFA World Cup 2022: Messi, Mbappe and one final fling!
Updated On: 18 December, 2022 09:29 AM IST | Doha | Ashwin Ferro
Star strikers Lionel and Kylian lock horns in summit clash as Argentina take on defending champions France tonight
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Skipper Lionel Messi celebrates Argentina’s semi-final win over Croatia on Tuesday; (right) Kylian Mbappe during France’s training session on Friday. Pics/Getty Images
While Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe are the two names on everyone’s lips ahead of Sunday’s blockbuster World Cup final at the Lusail Stadium and rightly so, there are at least two more sub plots that could also have a huge bearing on the ultimate outcome. But first, it’s Messi and Mbappe.
Argentina skipper and striker Messi, 35, and France’s lightning quick forward Mbappe, 23, are special not only because they score goals—both are on five each and leading the race for the Golden Boot—but because they are also absolutely brilliant providers of goals and that too in near-impossible situations. Both Messi and Mbappe prefer to take it easy and even stray away from the plot whenever the ball is not around them. But one instant transition could suddenly see them in the thick of the action and the end result is the ball somehow ending up in the opposition net. Given Messi’s vast experience, he probably holds the edge in this high-pressure final, but only marginally—the margin here being as wafer thin as the difference between the timing of a gold and silver medal at the Olympic 100m final.
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