WHEW.
WHAT. A. WORLD CUP. FINAL.
Have you caught your breath yet from that unbelievable 2022 World Cup Final?
Argentina and France played all the way to extra time, and then within that version of soccer overtime, both teams scored, which meant they went to a penalty kick shootout, and that’s where a save by Argentina’s confident goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, and a complete miss by France on one kick clinched it for a relieved, legendary Lionel Messi and his team.
So many called it the greatest World Cup game ever played. I’d even venture to put it in the conversation for one of the greatest championship games ever played.
After all of that, let’s look back at the six reasons why this was an all-timer of a game: