The 2022 World Cup final will be held at Lusail Stadium on Sunday, after a month of exciting games in Qatar. Argentina and France will be playing for the title.
Argentina advanced to the championship game with a 3-0 victory over Croatia, while France advanced with a 2-0 victory over Morocco.
Can Les Blues win the World Cup twice in a row? Or will Argentina win their first World Cup since 1986 thanks to Lionel Messi? It's time to examine both viewpoints more closely.
Argentina's first encounter ended in a shocking 2-1 loss to Saudi Arabia, raising questions about their chances of winning the championship.
But they have really improved since then.
The South American champions beat Mexico and Poland 2-0 before getting rid of Australia and the Netherlands. In the semifinals, they beat Croatia badly.
Messi scored and provided an assist, while Julian Alvarez scored twice against Croatia.
The PSG superstar has six games in Qatar under his belt and has five goals and three assists.
Argentina has only suffered one defeat in their previous 42 games in all competitions, which is the bigger picture.
Obviously, it is an impressive record.
On the other hand, France won their first match 4-1 against Australia. After defeating Denmark 2-1, they unexpectedly lost to Tunisia 1-0.
Despite not performing well in the elimination round, Les Bleus eliminated Poland, England, and Morocco to get to their fourth World Cup final in seven tries.
Naturally, Kylian Mbappe has been the star of the show in Qatar, scoring five goals and dishing out two assists.
However, Olivier Giroud and Antoine Griezmann have also put in a tremendous amount of work.
The fact that none of France's last 13 World Cup games have seen them behind at the half shows that Didier Deschamps' team always gets off to a solid start.
Argentina and France last played each other in the 2018 World Cup. That particular game ended with a spectacular 4-3 French triumph.
There have been 12 meetings between the sides throughout the years, with six victories going to Argentina and three to France.
The third and final drawing took place all the way back in 1977.
Argentina's suspension of Marcos Acuna and Gonzalo Montiel has been lifted, according to team news.Papu Gomez, though, is uncertain because of an ankle injury.
For France, Youssouf Fofana and Ibrahima Konate took the place of Dayot Upamecano and Adrien Rabiot in the semifinals due to their health.
Come Sunday, Deschamps will be hoping his team is totally healthy.
The World Cup final between two offensive sides will undoubtedly be a hard-fought contest.
Although both teams are predicted to score, the game may go all the way to the extra time.
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