FIFA World Cup 2022 Final, Argentina vs France Live: Starting XI confirmed for ARG vs FRA

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Argentina vs France Final Live Score, FIFA World Cup 2022: Both Argentina and France are looking to win their third world title.

Argentina vs France, World Cup 2022 Final Live Scorecard: After 63 games, only Argentina and France remain with the chance to lift the FIFA World Cup in its 22nd edition. The two teams that topped Group C and D will meet for the summit clash on Sunday at the Lusail Stadium to claim either of their third world title. While Argentina lifted the trophy back in 1978 and 1986, France are holders of the cup having won it four years back in Russia following their first title in 1998 playing at home.

Argentina began their journey at the tournament with a shock 2-1 defeat to Saudi Arabia. Lionel Scaloni and co. have since won all of their games scoring two or more goals, beating Mexico, Poland, Australia, Netherlands and Croatia on their way to the final. France on the other hand beat Australia 4-1 to begin their campaign and beat Denmark next before losing to Tunisia in group stage. Les Bleus bested Poland, England and Morocco next on their way to the title match. Argentina’s dream of a third world title are hinged on captain Lionel Messi, who will play his final match for Argentina at the World Cup and is looking to wrap up his story at the tournament with the trophy that has long eluded him.

Argentina XI (4-3-3): Martinez; Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Acuña; De Paul, Fernández, Mac Allister; Di María, Messi, Álvarez

Argentina vs France World Cup Final live: Messi has final chance to complete Argentina’s holy trinity

Lionel Messi: The king without the crown; an apt summation of his international career. Fitting that the man who thus described Messi was Mario Kempes, Argentina’s original No. 10, the force behind their first World Cup title. For Kempes, the king with the crown was always Diego Maradona, though he had his differences with him in later years. Kempes, perhaps, was the king who never wore the crown. He would often joke “I was more famous for my hair than the goals.” His long, lazy locks were envied and coveted, allied with his debonair good looks. He was a hero, though never a cult hero, more of an aloof hero, his fame never soaring to the reaches of outer space like Messi or Maradona.

Argentina vs France World Cup Final live: Why Wayne Rooney thinks Argentina will win today

Former Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney believes that what separates this Argentina team from their previous iterations is Messi’s support cast. Much has been made of Lionel Scaloni building a team of warriors with its crown jewel being Lionel Messi and his campaign to win a World Cup for Argentina. The Messi in 2014 may have been younger, but had other stars in the Argentine team like Gonzalo Higuain and Sergio Aguero. Rooney believes that it’s the working-class nature of this Argentine team, where everyone is geared to work defensively and Messi is the bonafide star, that gives Argentina a better chance at their second crack at the World Cup in eight years. “They are almost a working-class team, in the sense they’re stubborn, hard to beat, and they’ll fight — fight for Messi, fight to stay in a game knowing that if they do, their captain will win it for them. They are a team of scrappers who just don’t know how to give in,” said Rooney in his Sunday Times column.

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