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Who is the king of football now?

Lionel Messi proclaims himself king of the world despite Mbappe's best efforts. Lionel Messi finally has his World Cup.

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Lionel Messi finally has his World Cup. In the last stop of an adventure that began in 2006, the Argentine no.10 has sewn the third star on a shirt that he's worn 172 times since August 17, 2005. That day, against a Hungary team coached by Lothar Matthaus, Messi took the field in the 64th minute and was sent off in the 65th. His ultimate mission has been accomplished, with extreme suffering, on penalties, as if football wanted its king to sweat just a little longer to win the sport's greatest prize. Messi leaves Qatar as a world champion, and with much more. The 2022 World Cup will be remembered as Messi's World Cup, just as Mexico was Diego Armando Maradona's World Cup. The no.10, as in 1986, is the pivot around which the team revolved. Along with being world champion, which is something he had been dreaming of, Messi leaves Qatar with seven goals, which wasn't enough to give him the Golden Boot. He only failed to score against Poland, which prevented him from matching what only Brazil's Jairzinho managed in 1970: scoring in all seven matches. His brace, the second in his 26 World Cup matches, is now part of his legend, part of football history. The last time the top scorer at the World Cup was champion was back in 1982 with Paolo Rossi. It happened with Kempes (1978) and Garrincha and Vava (1962 when it wasn't a shared award), and it came close to happening in Doha, but it ultimately went to Mbappe.

Mbappe's comeback

It's no surprise then that Messi was named Golden Ball winner, the heir to Luka Modric as best player of the World Cup. The award returns to a player of the winning country, which hadn't happened since 1994 with Romario. Since then, the award went to Kahn (2002), Zidane (2006), Forlan (2010), Messi (2014) and Modric (2018). In what was the final between the king and the heir to his throne, Mbappe, there were fireworks. But while Argentina gave their leader everything; on the other side, Mbappe found little to lean on in what was a French shipwreck. But suddenly Mbappe appeared and unleashed a storm in a minute, two goals that turned the final and put him on course for the Golden Boot. There was still time to sink Argentina, Messi and proclaim himself king of the world. But one last act was missing between the two giants. Messi looked to have won it when it seemed impossible. That ball that was inches over the goal line, just enough for the word goal to appear on Marciniak's watch, looked to have decided the World Cup and the Golden Ball. But not the Golden Boot. That went to Mbappe with his three goals in the final, something only England's Hurst had achieved in 1966.

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Mbappe closes the World Cup with eight goals, pushing his career total to 12. At 23 years old, Klose's 16 looks to have an expiration date. For the moment, Mbappe has already scored one more than Pele in his four World Cups, between 1958 and 1962. A minor prize for a Mbappe, who lifted France and scored his penalty. Argentina becomes the team with the most World Cup Golden Ball winners since 1982 when FIFA created the award: Maradona (1986) and Messi (2014 and 2018, the only player with two awards).

Golden Glove for Martinez and honours for the revelation Enzo Fernandez

Argentina's success was multiplied with the best young player award (Enzo Fernandez) and the Golden Glove for Emiliano Martinez. Martinez' s save at the end of extra time will go down in history.