The French team was not able to successfully defend the World Cup championship, but certainly the word `failure` will not be for Kylian Mbappe when he had an extraordinary final match.
The French team was unable to successfully defend the World Cup championship when they lost in the penalty shootout to Argentina in the final.
The French team was no longer themselves for more than 75 minutes of the final.
Mbappe scored a double in just 90 seconds to revive the French team after a long period of disappointing play.
Mbappe’s unbelievable calmness in the extremely important moment when taking the 11m kick
Mbappe’s subsequent volley proved why Real Madrid was willing to spend 180 million Euros to bring him to the Bernabeu.
Mbappe’s classy volley equalized the score for France.
2 penalty kicks in the 116th minute and in the penalty shootout continued to witness Mbappe’s incredibly steely nerves.
A hat trick in the World Cup final, a successful penalty shootout and Mbappe is only 23 years old.
Shining brightly in the final, Mbappe could not join the French team to reach the top of the world for the second time in a row.
Mbappe became the top scorer of the 2022 World Cup with 8 goals, ranked 6th in the list of best strikers in World Cup history (12 goals) and became the second player to score a hat trick in a World Cup final.
1 year before that, Mbappe was also a sinner for the French national team when he missed the decisive penalty kick in the round of 16 against Switzerland at Euro 2020. 1 year later, he successfully made 3 11m shots in the final match.
From being a criminal at Euro 2020, Mbappe has matured a lot and become the leader of the French team at the 2022 World Cup.
The golden boy of France is now much more mature and has become the leader of Les Bleus.
After what he showed at the 2022 World Cup, especially the final, Mbappe deserves the respect of the audience.
Tomorrow (December 20) will be Mbappe’s 24th birthday.
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