Argentina have won the World Cup on penalties after a riotous 3-3 draw in which Lionel Messi scored twice.
The Latin American nation won its third trophy 36 and a half years after Diego Maradona took the 1986 tournament by storm.
Kylian Mbappe scored a hat trick for France, becoming only the second player in history to score three in a World Cup final.Argentina took the lead after just 23 minutes when Messi scored a penalty after a foul by Ousmane Dembele.Messi celebrates scoring Argentina's third goal.At the 40-minute mark, French coach Didier Deschamps subbed off Dembele and striker Olivier Giroud.
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