Lionel Messi (35, Argentina) won the championship cup, but France’s Kylian Mbappe (24) was next. The conviction that he would rise to the position of ‘soccer emperor’ became clearer.
Mbappe played a big role in the 2022 Qatar World Cup final against Argentina held at Lusail Stadium in Qatar on the 19th, scoring two goals in the second half of the 0-2 trail and a goal to balance the balance again in the second half of extra time after trailing 2-3, but did not lead her country France to the championship. couldn’t
Mbappe also stole the spotlight in the drama starring Messi that day. The Argentine defense, which had experience being ridiculed by Mbappe’s speed in the round of 16 four years ago, focused on preventing Mbappe’s movement with a double cover play that day. He fired his first shot only in the 25th minute of the second half, but it took only 97 seconds for Mbappe to break the silence. In the 33rd minute of the second half, Mbappe succeeded in a penalty kick earned by Randall Colo Muani (Nantes), and two minutes later, with a thunderbolt-like right-footed volley shot from the space on the left side of the penalty box created through a pass with Marquis Thuram (Monchengladbach). shook the net
Even with the extension, you couldn’t read the fatigue in his feet. Argentine players had to throw their bodies to stop it. In the 11th minute of the second half of extra time, with the score trailing 2-3, Mbappe directly induced the opponent’s handball foul and even succeeded in a penalty kick to save the team. Right before the end of the game, he overcame three Argentine defenders and produced a threatening scene.
Mbappe set a record as the player who achieved a hat-trick in the World Cup finals since Jeff Hurst in England in 1966. And he won his first Golden Boot (top scorer), beating Messi (7 goals) with 8 goals in the tournament. Mbappe, who did not win the championship, bowed his head on the podium, but his performance in this competition clearly announced who the emperor after Messi was. 스포츠토토
Mbappe is recognized as the world’s best striker by keeping the top scorer for four consecutive seasons in French Ligue 1. At that age, he walks a path that even Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) could not walk. Although it cannot be compared to the careers of Messi and Ronaldo, who have won Ballon d’Or and European Football Federation Champions League several times, they are building more than that in the World Cup. Mbappe participated in the World Cup in Russia four years ago as a key player at the age of contract and experienced the victory. Mbappe, who scored four goals at the time, won the Young Player Award.
This time, he also surpassed the record of ‘soccer emperor’ Pele. One day shy of his 24th birthday (December 20), Mbappe scored 12 career World Cup goals before turning 24, making him the top scorer in the category. Prior to this tournament, Pele’s 7 goals was the highest ever.
The record for the highest number of goals in World Cup history is only one difference from Messi’s record (13 goals), who participated in the World Cup five times. The record of Germany’s Miroslav Klose (16 goals), the top scorer, can also be broken in his 20s.