{"id":12615,"date":"2022-12-18T23:46:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T22:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=12615"},"modified":"2022-12-19T00:02:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T23:02:27","slug":"mbappe-beats-messi-to-world-cup-golden-boot-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/mbappe-beats-messi-to-world-cup-golden-boot-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Mbappe beats Messi to World Cup Golden Boot award"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kylian Mbappe<\/a>\u00a0won the Golden Boot award after scoring a hat trick for\u00a0France<\/a>\u00a0in their World Cup final defeat against\u00a0Argentina<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday.<\/p>\n Mbappe scored his sixth, seventh and eighth goals of the 2022 tournament to take his total to 12 in the competition overall.<\/p>\n He edged out Argentina forward\u00a0Lionel Messi<\/a>, who scored twice in the final himself, and ended the World Cup with seven goals as well as being handed the Golden Ball as the tournament’s best player.<\/p>\n Mbappe scored his first of the tournament in France’s opening game, a\u00a04-1<\/a>\u00a0win against\u00a0Australia<\/a>. He then scored both in a\u00a02-1<\/a>\u00a0win against\u00a0Denmark<\/a>\u00a0but did not get on the scoresheet in the\u00a01-0<\/a>\u00a0defeat to\u00a0Tunisia<\/a>.<\/p>\n In the round of 16, he scored two more in a 3-1<\/a>\u00a0win over\u00a0Poland<\/a>\u00a0before again not scoring in the\u00a02-1<\/a>\u00a0quarterfinal victory against\u00a0England<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a02-0<\/a>\u00a0semifinal win against\u00a0Morocco<\/a>.<\/p>\n Argentina won the final 4-2 on penalties after the game ended 3-3 after extra time.<\/p>\n Argentina goalkeeper\u00a0Emiliano Martinez<\/a>, who won the Golden Glove, saved\u00a0Kingsley Coman<\/a>‘s penalty, and\u00a0Aurelien Tchouameni<\/a>\u00a0fired wide to give Argentina their first world title since 1986 and third overall.<\/p>\n ALSO READ:\u00a0Argentina beat France on penalties to win FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n France had come from two goals down to level over 90 minutes with Mbappe netting twice in two minutes, including an 80th-minute penalty.<\/p>\n The France striker completed his hat trick in the 118th with another spot-kick after Messi had tapped in for a 3-2 lead in the 109th minute.<\/p>\n Argentina had gone 2-0 up in the first half with Messi, making a record-breaking 26th World Cup appearance, converting a 23rd-minute penalty, ESPN<\/a> said.<\/p>\n They struck again with a sublime four-pass counter-attack as\u00a0Alexis Mac Allister<\/a>‘s cutback found Angel Di Maria and he finished well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kylian Mbappe\u00a0won the Golden Boot award after scoring a hat trick for\u00a0France\u00a0in their World Cup final defeat against\u00a0Argentina\u00a0on Sunday. Mbappe scored his sixth, seventh and eighth goals of the 2022 tournament to take his total […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,2],"tags":[2493,875,2494],"coauthors":[25],"class_list":{"0":"post-12615","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news","8":"category-sports","9":"category-top-news","10":"tag-kylian-mbappe","11":"tag-lionel-messi","12":"tag-world-cup-qatar-2022"},"yoast_head":"\n