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At the 2022 FIFA World Cup, France reached the final again; Mbappé won the Golden Boot and Silver Ball and set the record for the most goals scored in World Cup final matches by scoring a hat-trick. Mbappé is one of only two players to have scored in two consecutive World Cup finals (the other being Brazil's Vavá in 1958 and 1962).
Only two players have scored in two consecutive FIFA World Cup finals: Vavá and Mbappé. Only two scorers, Pelé and Mbappé, have scored in a final goal as teenagers. [1] Mbappé is also the only player to score multiple goals in a losing final. ESPN featured a documentary on the 34 finals goalscorers who were alive before the 2010 final. [2]
The 2018 FIFA World Cup final was the final match of the 2018 World Cup, the 21st edition of FIFA's competition for national football teams. The match was played at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow , Russia, on 15 July 2018, and was contested by France and Croatia .
The World Cup final between France and Argentina featured a smorgasbord of memorable, once-in-a-lifetime moments. World Cup 2022: The world reacts to Argentina's win, France's comeback, earth ...
Morocco bowed out of the 2022 tournament with a 2-0 loss to a fifth-minute Hernández goal and a late French clincher. World Cup 2022: France on to final, but not without a Moroccan fight Skip to ...
Kylian Mbappé had a night to remember on Tuesday, scoring two goals and being touted as the world’s best player, as he helped Paris Saint-Germain advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions ...
Two players have scored hat-tricks in World Cup Finals. Geoff Hurst scored three goals for England against West Germany in the 1966 final. [54] [60] This is also the longest hat-trick to be completed — most time between the first and third goals. His first goal came at 18', while the second and third goals were in extra time at 98' and 120'.
The match was the third FIFA World Cup final to be decided by a penalty shoot-out, after 1994 and 2006, the latter of which France lost to Italy. [97] This meant that France had not won on penalties in all competitions since the 1998 World Cup quarter-final against Italy. The six goals in the final brought the total number of goals in the ...