The FIFA World Cup is an international football competition contested by the men’s national teams of the member associations of FIFA once every four years. It has been held since 1930.
Now is the time for the 22 edition of this event, which is playing in Qatar. The FIFA World Cup 2022 was started on 20th November. The qualifying round for The FIFA World Cup 2022 was held between June 2019 and June 2022. A total of 31 teams qualified for The FIFA World Cup 2022 and Qatar qualified automatically as the tournament host. That’s why a total of 32 teams qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2022. The teams were divided into eight groups of four with each team playing each other once in a round-robin format. The two top teams from each group advanced to a knock-out phase.
The previous FIFA World Cup 2018 was held in Russia from June 14 to July 15, 2018. The tournament kicked off on June 14 at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium, where hosts Russia played the opening match with Saudi Arabia. France was the winner of this 21 edition of the FIFA WORLD CUP.
Now is the time for the final, which will be played on 18th December 2022 at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar, where defending champions France will take on Argentina in this final match of the FIFA World.
Let’s look at both teams' journeys in the FIFA World Cup 2022.
The Argentinian national team has been one of the most successful teams at the World Cup. They have won the FIFA World Cup two times (1978 and 1986). They were runners-up in 1930, 1990, and 2014.
But this FIFA world cup edition did not start well for this team. They lost their first group-stage match against Saudi Arabia (1-2). After that, they found their pace and never look at back. They beat Mexico by 2-0 in the second match of the group stage. After that, they beat Poland by 2-0 in the last match of the group stage and reached the knockout stage.
In the round of 16, they faced off against Australia and won (2-1) and reached the quarterfinal.
In the quarterfinals, they faced off against the Netherlands. This match went to in extra time and both teams finished 2-2. Now, this match went to a penalty shootout for deciding the winner of this match, and Argentina won the penalty shoot-out (4-3) and reached the semifinal.
Now, they faced Croatia in the semi-finals and won (3-0) and reached the final.
One of the star players for Argentina, Lionel Messi played great football for his team. This is the last FIFA World Cup of this great player. He declared his retirement before starting this tournament
The France national team has been one of the most successful teams at the World Cup. They have won the FIFA World Cup two times (1998 and 2018). They were runners-up in 2006.
This FIFA world cup edition did start well for this team. They won their first group-stage match against Australia (4-1). They beat Denmark by 2-1 in the second match of the group stage. After that, they lose to Tunisia by 1-0 in the last match of the group stage and reached the knockout stage.
In the round of 16, they faced off against Poland and won (3-1) and reached the quarterfinal.
In the quarterfinals, they faced off against England and won (2-1), and reached the semifinal.
Now, they faced Morocco in the semi-finals and won (2-0) and reached the final.
One of the star players for France, Kylian Mbappé played great football for his team.
The FIFA World Cup 2022 final will be a very tuff game to predict. Various mathematical model and other predictors are giving their predictions about this game. Some of them predict Argentina win this game and some of them told for France is the champion of this edition of the FIFA World Cup.
Both Argentina and France have a great skill set to win this game. So, who is the winner of this game, doesn't matter but we will see a fabulous FIFA World Cup 2022 final.
Best wishes to both the teams and fans.