Lionel Messi's Argentina is taking on defending champions France to end a 36-year title drought. The final match of the 28-day World Cup will begin at 9 pm Bangladesh time. Both teams have a chance to win the World Cup for the third time. Before the match, the Albiceleste's past statistics against the French are putting them ahead of the game. Which can give Lionel Scaloni's men extra courage on the field.
France and Argentina have faced each other 12 times in international football. Argentina has won six of them, and the French have won three matches. The remaining matches have been drawn. However, in the last match of the two teams, Didier Deschamps' team had the last laugh. In the last sixteen match of the 2018 Russia World Cup, Mbappe and Griezmann's performances helped France win 4-3 and enter the quarterfinals.
On the other hand, Argentina's statistics in the World Cup are also quite rich. The Albiceleste had defeated the French twice in the previous three matches. Moreover, the first time the two teams met on the football stage was in the World Cup. Argentina won 1-0 in the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay. Then, these two teams faced each other for the second time in the 1978 World Cup. In that match too, Argentina had the last laugh, defeating France 2-1.
Meanwhile, Argentina, who had set foot in Qatar with the dream of winning the World Cup, lost to Asian powerhouse Saudi Arabia in the first match of the group stage. After that, there was concern about advancing to the next round. However, after a great comeback, Messi's team is now just one step away from winning the title after the last 16, quarter and semi-finals.
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