Tuesday, December 20, 2022 – 3:38 PM
From / Ahmed Zahran ..
ABU DHABI, 20th December / WAM / Although the Argentine national football team, led by its famous star Lionel Messi, won the 2022 World Cup, the team was not the only winner in this tournament, which witnessed many players and teams that achieved great gains during their career in the global event. Most important in football.
The Argentine national team was crowned the championship title, to be the biggest winner; Where the team regained the world title that had been absent from it since 1986, and its captain, Messi, achieved the dream that he had always dreamed of throughout his professional career, and thus completed his plate of achievements that was lacking in this world title.
In his career, Messi achieved more than one important and historical record that will remain engraved in the memory of the World Cup and football records.
And Messi proved that he is a true legend following he succeeded in leading the team to the world title, just as his compatriot, the late legend Diego Maradona, achieved the same achievement in the 1986 edition.
However, the tournament, which spanned 29 days, saw many winners, including the French team, which lost the final match.
The French national team may have lost the final, but the team confirmed that it had won a team that might compete strongly for the big tournaments for many years to come.
The injuries of Karim Benzema, N’Golo Kante and Paul Pogba came before the tournament and their absence from this edition opened the way for the participation of young elements such as Kolo Mwani and Aurelien Tchoamene, who proved their worth in the tournament and their ability to compete strongly in the future.
The tournament also confirmed that the French national team has a striker who can be relied upon for many years, Kylian Mbappe, who was crowned top scorer in the tournament with 8 goals, raising his tally to 12 goals in the World Cup tournaments.
Mbappe is considered one of the biggest winners in the 2022 World Cup, which also applies to his technical director, Didier Deschamps, who led the team to the third final in the major tournaments within 6 years, where the team under his leadership fought the Euro 2016 final and lost to the Portuguese national team, then the 2018 World Cup final and won the title while losing the final. World Cup 2022 once morest Argentina, on penalties, following the two teams tied 3-3 in the match.
Likewise, the Moroccan national team was one of the biggest winners in this edition following achieving an unprecedented achievement, and became the first Arab and African team to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup, surpassing large and prestigious teams such as Belgium, Spain and Portugal on its way.
On the one hand, the Moroccan national team placed itself firmly on the world football map, and on the one hand it gave hope and motivation to African and Arab teams to compete with strength and courage at the global level in the future.
The Croatian national team was one of the teams that achieved the most significant gains in the 2022 World Cup, as it managed to reach the semi-finals as well and finished third in this edition, 4 years following winning second place in the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Thus, the team has achieved remarkable success over the last quarter of a century. Where he previously finished third in the 1998 edition in France.
The current generation of the Croatian national team confirmed that it is one of the most successful generations, led by the great star Luka Modric, 37, who played a prominent role in the team’s achievements in the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
The tournament also witnessed more than one winner on the individual level through the records achieved by many players, led by French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris and fellow veteran striker Olivier Giroud and Ecuadorian striker Enner Valencia.
Mustafa Badr Al-Din / Ahmed Zahran
