If this World Cup final had been scripted, it would’ve been too unbelievable to be true

After the Whistle with Brendan Hunt and Rebecca Lowe

Apple News

Soccer, Sports

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

If ever a match lived up to the hype, today’s match was it. Immediately after the whistle, Brendan and Rebecca relive the most incredible World Cup final of all time: 80 minutes of Argentine dominance, two Kylian Mbappé goals in two minutes, a nail-biting extra-time period with goals on each side, and a penalty shoot-out to decide the winner. And how else could it end but with Lionel Messi lifting the trophy and cementing his place in football history?

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0:00.0	It feels like it was written in the stars,
0:04.0	but Messi was gonna have to earn it.
0:06.8	You know, it was almost like, look,
0:09.0	the fairy tale is there,
0:11.0	but you're not gonna just be handed it.
0:13.0	So you think you're gonna be handed it
0:14.6	with 10 minutes to go, five minutes or so to go.
0:16.8	You think you're gonna be handed it,
0:18.2	and you're cruising, and all of a sudden,
0:20.0	then Bappé says, no, if it had been a script,
0:23.0	script writers would have been like,
0:24.0	no, that can never happen.
0:25.7	Unbelievable.
0:26.7	Unbelievable.
0:28.0	From Apple News and Metal Arc Media, I'm Brendan Hunt.
0:32.0	And I'm Rebecca Lowe, and this is the last,
0:35.0	after the whistle.
0:37.0	Reminder, there will be adult language.
0:39.0	The tournament is over, and a new king has been crowned.
0:42.0	Finally, Leo Messi has lifted the World Cup as Argentina.
0:46.0	Beat France in the 2022 World Cup Final.
0:50.0	But that also means the World Cup has ended,
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