▲ The God of Football vs. the New Emperor ▲ The 2022 Qatar World Cup final between Argentina and France is regarding to be released ▲ 10 previous South American and European finals / South America has a 7-3 advantage
[골닷컴] Correspondent Park Moon-soo = South America and Europe will bet on the pride of the continent and engage in a one-on-one showdown.
Argentina and France face off. The two teams will face off on a single bridge for the World Champion position at the ‘2022 Qatar World Cup Final’ at 0:00 am on the 18th.
Argentina advanced to the World Cup finals for the first time in eight years, following the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. France is aiming for a second consecutive title following the 2018 World Cup in Russia. It is the first time in 20 years that a World Cup defending champion has advanced to the final twice in a row since Brazil in 2002. Going one step further, the French national team is aiming for a second consecutive World Cup victory in 60 years since the Brazilian national team in 1962.
Even in the entire World Cup history, there have been only two consecutive defeats in the tournament. Italy in 1934 and 1938 and Brazil in 1958 and 1962 are the protagonists.
The point of watching this game is the old and new confrontation between Messi and Mbappe. Both players belong to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). Messi was the ruler of his time. Mbappe is the new ruler who will succeed Menaldo.
At the same time, it is a confrontation with the pride of South America and Europe. After Brazil’s victory at the 2002 World Cup, South America had not been on top of the world for 20 years. From the 2006 World Cup in Germany to the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the World Cup winners were European countries.
So far, there have been 10 meetings between South America and Europe in the World Cup finals. Seven of these were won by South America and three by Europe.
Argentina, who has won the World Cup twice, recorded 2 wins and 2 losses in the final once morest the European team. In 1978 and 1986, victories were won once morest the Netherlands and Germany respectively. However, in both 1990 and 2014, they were caught by European teams.
France has won both World Cup finals so far. At the time of the 1998 World Cup in France, which recorded the first championship, the opponent was Brazil. In the last World Cup in Russia, they beat Croatia 4-2.
The team with the most victories in the final once morest European teams is Brazil. Brazil recorded 5 wins and 1 loss in their 6 finals once morest European teams. However, following winning the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup final once morest Germany, they have not won a single tournament victory once morest a European team.
Coincidentally, the team qualified to break the European jinx of South America is Messi’s Argentina. If only France is defeated, it will win the World Cup for the first time in 36 years. It is Messi’s first World Cup victory since he was born.
Conversely, France represents Europe once more this time. Just as they defeated Brazil 24 years ago, they are aiming to win once morest Argentina this time as well. Even in the match four years ago, France has a good memory of winning 4-3 once morest Argentina.
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