World Cup final

The biggest prize in sport will be on the line when Argentina and France lock horns in the 2022 World Cup final.

Griezmann could again make the difference on Sunday. Les Bleus have reached the final in four of the last seven editions of the World Cup and are vying for a third crown. Having broken onto the scene as a teenager in 2006 and gone on to reach the final in 2014, the 35-year-old this week confirmed his fifth finals will be his last.

France are not the only ones going for back-to-back triumphs on Sunday - if Les Bleus beat Argentina, BBC football expert Chris Sutton will have ...

1-2 1-0 They will have to control themselves and harness their aggression, and I am not convinced they will. I love watching them because of how passionate they are, but they will fight and scrap to win at any cost. Julian Alvarez has been superb and will be a threat with his runs behind the defence but, overall, France still have more firepower. Morocco had 23% of possession in their win over Spain, but managed 61% against the French. They've got a couple of gears left to find, but they might well get all the way to their destination without using them. 2-1 He went very quiet once Croatia lost in the semi-finals." 2-1 AET* "And I'm pleased to say I've beaten the challenge of

Inter Milan and Bayern Munich will be represented in the World Cup final between Argentina and France to continue a remarkable trend at the tournament that ...

[Have Your Say!](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/world-cup-final-bayern-inter-28757774#comments-section) Who are you backing in the World Cup final? That means that Inter and Bayern will have been represented in World Cup finals in each showpiece event dating back to 1982. His Inter teammate Youri Djorkaeff represented France, who won the game 3-0, alongside his national teammate Bixente Lizarazu of Bayern. [World Cup](https://www.irishmirror.ie/all-about/world-cup-2022?service=responsive) finals as two heavyweights of club football keep up their representation in football’s biggest match. Standing in their way are formidable [France](https://www.irishmirror.ie/all-about/france-football-team) team, which includes [Bayern Munich](https://www.irishmirror.ie/all-about/bayern-munich) trio Dayot Upamecano, Kingsley Coman and Benjamin Pavard (Lucas Hernandez was in their World Cup squad but [had his tournament ended by injury](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/lucas-hernandez-world-cup-injury-28590654) in their opening match). [Inter Milan](https://www.irishmirror.ie/all-about/inter-milan) striker Lautaro Martinez is set to feature for [Argentina](https://www.irishmirror.ie/all-about/argentina-football-team), who are looking to win their first World Cup crown since 1986 after their [semi-final victory over Croatia](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/argentina-croatia-worldcup-messi-alvarez-28726212).

French shopkeepers boarded up stores on Paris' Champs Elysees avenue for potential celebrations while the capital's metro covered up the name of the ...

"It's a spectacular team and they're going to go all the way." Register for free to Reuters and know the full story "I'm sure that France is going to win, it's a close-knit team with a young spirit and they have the potential to win," said Xavier Grand-Jacquot in a wintry Paris.

With Argentina reaching fever pitch just hours before Lionel Messi and his teammates take on France in the World Cup final, football fans throughout the ...

"We all hope he wins the World Cup, even some French fans we've spoken to have been semi-torn because it would be an amazing end to his career. "Us Latinos are very supportive," said Oronoz. "It's a really football country, what happens in Argentina ... "This national team and the Falklands united us," said Edgar Esteban, a veteran of the 1982 war with Britain over the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic and director of the Malvinas Museum in Buenos Aires. "When are you ever going to be in South America and get to see Argentina in the final of a World Cup," said Gwilt, who was wearing the goalkeeper's jersey of Emiliano Martinez. "If what we all hope happens, it's going to be a huge party but even if it doesn't happen there's going to be a huge party because we're in the final with the best player in the world," she said.

It's almost as if we are being told it's inevitable, it's destiny for Messi. LUSAIL CITY, QATAR - DECEMBER 13: Lionel Messi celebrates after their ...

It looks and feels as though the World Cup is going back to Argentina. But on the biggest occasions, sometimes you have to control the emotion and expectation can be an enemy. We all want to see Messi get what he deserves. I think it’s going to a shootout and the trophy is going back to Paris. [READ NEXT - It's a mad, but fun, contradiction that Irish fans celebrate English heartache at major tournaments](https://www.buzz.ie/sport/irish-fans-celebrate-english-heartache-28710770) [READ NEXT - This has been a tournament of playing, acting and talking on the edge](https://www.buzz.ie/sport/world-cup-playing-talking-edge-28738610) [READ NEXT - Cristiano Ronaldo may be an obsessive narcissist, but it's not his fault](https://www.buzz.ie/sport/soccer/world-cup-2022-cristiano-ronaldo-28701857) He has the emotional intelligence to get the job done, working in the shadows of greatness at both club and international level, when he has to work for and feed the master that is Messi. Messi, on the other hand, is in the golden age and has produced the great moments of this World Cup. But I don’t think this is the foregone conclusion that everyone seems to think, with even the bookies making Argentina slight favourites because of the Messi factor. But football at the highest level — and this is the very highest level — has a way of educating us that predictability never minds testing the offside trap. The final is one of the best in Europe against the best in South America — the world champions against the King in The heart of the world seems to be with Argentina. The whole world seems to want to see perhaps the greatest of all time do a Pele and lift the World Cup, and emulate another contender for that title, the legendary Diego Maradona.

Szymon Marciniak will take charge of the World Cup final between France and Argentina - eight months after making a controversial decision in a Champions ...

The first was Jack Taylor, who took charge of the 1974 final between the Netherlands and West Germany in Munich. The second was Howard Webb, who booked 12 players and sent Johnny Heitinga off during the fiery 2010 final between the Netherlands and Spain in Johannesburg. You [Marciniak] should stay the boss and not give the decisions to someone in a chair [the VAR official] and who is isolated." I felt the little decisions in the first leg and today as well. [Mason Mount](https://www.irishmirror.ie/all-about/mason-mount) and Antonio Rudiger levelled the tie at 3-3. Tuchel clashed with Marciniak during the second leg of that tie at the Bernabeu, as defending champions Chelsea battled to keep their hopes alive.

Millions of football fans are expected to tune in to see Lionel Messi take on his Paris Saint-Germain Kylian Mbappé. However, many viewers have avoided watching ...

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