France striker Kylian Mbappe beat Lionel Messi to the World Cup golden boot after a dramatic final in Qatar.
Kylian Mbappe won the Golden Boot award after scoring a hat trick for France in their World Cup final defeat against Argentina on Sunday.
Mbappe scored his sixth, seventh and eighth goals of the 2022 tournament to pass Argentina’s Messi in the final game.
He edged out Argentina forward Lionel Messi, who scored twice in the final himself, and ended the World Cup with seven goals.
Argentina went on to win the final 4-2 on penalties after the game ended 3-3 after extra-time.
France had come from two goals down to level over 90 minutes with Kylian Mbappe netting twice in two minutes, including an 80th-minute penalty.
Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez saved Kingsley Coman’s penalty and Aurelien Tchouameni fired wide to give Argentina their first world title since 1986, and third overall.
France had come from two goals down to level over 90 minutes with 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 Messi had tapped in for a 3-2 lead in the 109th minute.
Argentina had gone 2-0 up in the first half with Messi, making a record-breaking 26th World Cup appearance, converting a 23rd-minute penalty.
They struck again with a sublime four-pass counter-attack as Alexis Mac Allister’s cutback found Angel Di Maria and he finished well.
