[골닷컴] Reporter Park Moon-soo = Lionel Messi’s Argentina has finally done it.

In the 2022 FIFA Qatar World Cup Finals held at Lusail Stadium in Doha, Qatar at 0:00 am (Korean time) on the 19th, Argentina won a penalty shoot-out after a 3-3 draw in regular time and was the third player in their career. won the World Cup.

In the first half, Argentina scored two goals to take the lead. It was shaken by two goals in the second half, but Argentina took the lead once again with Messi’s goal in extra time. Then, in the 13th minute of the second half of extra time, Mbappe equalized again with a penalty kick goal.

Argentina beat France 4-2 in the penalty shootout. In the end, the main character of the drama that followed the tie was Argentina.

It is Argentina’s third World Cup victory. At the same time, it was South America’s 10th World Cup victory. At the same time, it was the first time in 20 years since the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan that Brazil prevented them from becoming European champions.

Recently, South America has not been able to use its strength due to the momentum of Europe. After Brazil won the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, Europe dominated the World Cup for 20 years.

At the 2006 World Cup in Germany, not a single team advanced to the semifinals. In the evaluation of Euro 2006, Italy won the championship. Brazil and Argentina were defeated by France and Germany, respectively (Argentina lost on penalties).