Argentina defeated two-time world champions France in the FIFA World Cup 2022 and became champions after 36 years. Earlier, Argentina won the cup in the year 1986 under the captaincy of Diego Maradona. Argentina defeated World Cup defending champions France 4–2 in a penalty shootout. This final match of the World Cup is considered to be the most exciting final in history.
Zee News’ Rohit Ranjan analyzes Argentina’s journey from ‘zero to hero’ in today’s DNA
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Earlier, Argentina had won 35 matches in a row before losing to Saudi Arabia in the first match of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. After the shocking defeat, Messi and Argentina decided that they would not lose anymore and win the World Cup. And for this reason, despite the defeat in the first match of FIFA, Messi and Argentina did not stop and won the World Cup. If Argentina has become the World Cup champion today, the credit goes to Messi. As Messi performed consistently in every match.
Messi won the World Cup for Argentina at an age when players often retire from the game, creating history in the process. Despite announcing his retirement twice in 2016 and 2018, Messi returned to the football field and in a country where Maradona is a god for football lovers, Messi has become the messiah.