Argentina beat defending champions France 4-2 on penalties to win the World Cup on Sunday, following a dramatic 3-3 draw after extra time.
Argentina keeper Emiliano MartÃnez saved Kingsley Coman’s penalty and Orléan Chomeini fired wide to give Argentina their first world title since 1986 and their third overall.
France came from two goals down to equalize in the 90th minute with Kylian Mbappe netting twice in two minutes, including an 80th-minute penalty.
The France striker completed his hat-trick in the 118th with another spot-kick after Argentina’s Lionel Messi made it 3-2 in the 109th.
Argentina took a 2-0 first-half lead with Messi converting a 23rd-minute penalty to make it a record 26th World Cup appearance.
They again produced a brilliant four-pass counter-attack as Alexis McAllister’s cut-back found Angel Di Maria and he finished well.
