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What Happened
In a dramatic penalty shootout, Argentina and France are tied 3-3 after over two hours of intense World Cup action. Kylian Mbappé of France steps up first, taking a stutter-step approach and calmly slotting the ball into the left side of the net to give his team the early advantage. Argentina's Lionel Messi then approaches the spot, teasing the French goalkeeper with a brief hesitation before firing the ball home to level the score. French midfielder Kingsley Coman is next, but his attempt is saved by the Argentine keeper, who guesses correctly and makes the stop. Argentina's Paulo Dybala steps up and drives the ball straight down the middle, catching the French goalkeeper off guard and putting his team up 2-1. With France needing a goal, Aurélien Tchouaméni steps up but misses wide, allowing Argentina's Leandro Paredes to convert and make it 3-1. The pressure now squarely on France, their final kicker Randal Kolo Muani has his shot saved by the inspired Argentine keeper, leaving Gonzalo Montiel with the chance to clinch the World Cup title for Argentina. Montiel calmly slots the ball past the French keeper, sparking wild celebrations from the Argentine players, coaches, and fans. Head coach Lionel Scaloni, who earlier questioned the likelihood of Argentina's success, jubilantly embraces his players as they savor their hard-fought victory. In contrast, the French coaching staff and players are left dejected, unable to celebrate what had initially seemed a promising shootout performance. The dramatic conclusion to this epic World Cup final showcases the unpredictable nature of penalty shootouts, where a single moment can determine the outcome of a match. Argentina's resilience and the heroics of their goalkeeper have earned them the prestigious trophy, cementing their place in international football history.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentAfter over two hours of gameplay, Argentina and France are tied up at three apiece and it's coming
down to penalty kicks. This breakdown is brought to you by our friends over at SeatGeek. Code
JohnBoy, get you $20 off. Thanks, SeatGeek. Mbappe for France is kicking first, looking to get
on the board, give his team the lead, sizes it up, little quick step, quick step, quick step,
goes left goalie, goes the same way, but it goes in. He celebrates, he prays a little bit for all
of France and they're up. Look at those little quick steps and then just puts it to the left.
Argentina keeper gets a hand on it, but it goes in. So France is off to a good start,
but here comes Messi for Argentina. Looking cute, looking, oh my God, just a stutter step. That is
what I've done. I've got ears.
How about you? And who do I play for? It's right here in my chest. Argentina, baby. Let's do it.
Tied up and feeling good. And that goalie kind of got toyed with. So here comes Coman. And now
the French coaches, they're a little bit like, uh-oh, that was kind of easy. I don't like our
odds here. He's got a mustache, a little French mustache, and goes, the keeper goes the same way
he saves it. Yeah! Let's go, come on! In a different language, though.
Shows off his belly because he's got nothing else to lose. And the goalie, he's like, calm down,
calm down. We got a lot of kicks left, but what a save. Guessed the right way again. Two correct
guesses in a row for the Argentina keeper. Let's see if the French keeper can do the same.
We got Dybala up, oh my God, right in the middle. And everyone's cheering, he says, calm down,
calm down about it. No, no, no, no. I mean, he lost that. I didn't win it. Look, I just went
the wrong way. His teammates are like, ooh, I like that. All right, so now France really needs
to score here, and you got Chou on my knee. Something like that. Chou on my knee. He needs
to score. He needs to put this in. He goes left, he misses, oh, and the keeper guessed the correct
way again. Argentina keeper just constantly, he's like, you know, I guessed the right way,
I want the save. He sadly hands it to the, look, he's, oh, he's right there. Took the angle off.
So now this guy, all he can do is watch and hope that his keeper can make a save and pick him up.
Because if this guy scores, Paredes for Argentina, if he scores, it's tough path,
tough path for France. And easy, goes bottom left again. They just keep going bottom left
on this French keeper. Three in a row that way. Messi kind of like toyed with him though.
So now this is big. If he makes this save,
win. Argentina wins. All they got to do is make the save and, oh, guess that way again.
They live to see another day. No real celebration from Mouani, but the coaches, they're like, uh-oh,
this isn't good. Because now all Montiel's got to do is make this kick and they win the World Cup.
It's Argentina versus everybody. And the keeper's like, they're going to go the other way, right?
Nope. They went the same exact way they went the whole time. You lose, we win.
We're celebrating. We're going to win. We're going to win. We're going to win. We're going to win.
We're celebrating. The coach, is that the winning or losing coach? What's your guess?
That's the winning coach. Oh, that's the guy sleeping. Tired. Oh, that's a sad shot.
Kind of similar body language, but one is happy. Oh my God. One's happy. The other is not. That guy,
check it on the wounded. Just walking around like you alive. You're alive. Yeah. And then look at
this. The Argentina coach is going to walk out there and he's going to check on the dead too.
This is like a final stabbing. And then he said some really weird stuff.
Did you think it was realistic to be standing here and hoisting this trophy back in August?
No, because we've got too many English guys involved in our coaching staff.
We never win a penalty shootout. That's why we recruit Germans, I guess.
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