Messi

The 2022 FIFA World Cup final between France and Argentina will see the tournament's two biggest stars, Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi, go head to head.

He can score a lot of goals, he's a very complete player and he's been showing that for years. With time very much on his side, Mbappe could plausibly go on to break Pele's record of three World Cup titles in the years ahead. He's a beast.

France saw off a heroic Morocco on Wednesday night to set up a mouth-watering tie with Argentina in the World Cup final on Sunday.

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He has lasted much longer, scored many more goals, won far more trophies and behaved much better. Indeed, the stats are overwhelmingly in his favour. When Messi ...

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One more game for Lionel Messi to weave his magic and pull one last 90 minutes of sublime genius out of the hat and join Diego Maradona, Pele, Zinedine Zidane ...

Messi, as he has done throughout the tournament, varied between walking and shuffling, waiting for the exact moment to make his mark on the game. Make no mistake about it, this Argentina team without Messi wouldn’t be anywhere close to competing in a sixth World Cup final. A man comfortable in his own skin and where he stands within this Argentina team and his role as captain and, ultimately, saving grace. Maradona did it in 1986 and 1990, and Messi is inevitably compared to Maradona, whether deep down he likes it or not. That nagging feeling that, yes, he won everything with Barcelona and on an individual level, but the World Cup was the one thing missing. The proof has been in that pudding for a long time already.

Lionel Messi produced yet another dazzling display as Argentina reached the World Cup final with a 3-0 rout of Croatia in Lusail, with the Albiceleste ...

His 26th World Cup appearance will be a final. He will have the chance to win the Golden Ball, the Golden Boot and the trophy that would remove any lingering doubt over the identity of the greatest player of all time. How is Lionel Messi still doing this?!

Veteran attacker, who has scored five goals in Qatar finals, hopes to lift famous trophy for first time on Sunday.

“I have the privilege. I don't have any doubt saying that: he is the best in history. “I have been enjoying it the past few years, being with the national side. “Whether Messi is the greatest player of all time … “There are a lot of years from this year to the next one [World Cup 2026]. Messi, joint top-scorer in Qatar with five goals, contested the 2014 final, but Argentina lost to Germany.