Messi's Argentina win the World Cup: A destiny fulfilled

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The Athletic

Sports, Soccer,, Premier League, Champions League, World Cup

4.0 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Argentina are World Champions again. Lionel Messi has emulated Maradona in 1986. Destiny fulfilled. Debate over?

Host Adam Leventhal is joined by The Athletic's Matt Slater, Adam Crafton, David Ornstein and others to reflect on arguably the greatest World Cup final of all time.

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0:00.0	The Athletic
0:03.0	And the rule that you hear at the Lusel Stadium is victory for Argentina.
0:20.0	They have done it after one of the greatest
0:24.6	World Cup finals that we have ever seen.
0:28.6	The winning penalty tucked away by Montiel
0:32.6	and the crowd in that Argentina end, it's hands-on heads.
0:40.0	They cannot believe that they've done it.
0:42.8	They've won the World Cup for the first time since 1986.
0:48.3	The nation has done it.
0:50.3	Lionel Messi has done it.
0:52.5	He's won his first World Cup, the crowning glory in this last World Cup.
0:59.8	He will lift the World Cup as the Argentine captain.
1:04.4	But what drama we saw here tonight in Qatar?
1:10.4	Argentina were cruising in the first half.
1:13.8	Messi on target.
1:15.2	Angel de Maria on target.
1:17.8	France looked dead and buried.
1:20.4	But they came to life.
1:22.2	And Killian Abapé came to life in that second half.
1:26.0	First the penalty and then a moment of absolute brilliance to level it up at 2-2.
1:33.6	Then into extra time.
1:35.5	Leonel Messi thought he'd won it, but back came Killingen Abappe, the first man since Jeff
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