The Finals On The 18th,

The FIFA World Cup finals will he played at 8:30 pm IST, at the Lusail stadium

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It will be France's second consecutive title win, if they win the WC while it will be a first for Messi Argentina

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If Messi manages to win, it will put him in the same league internationally as Diego Maradona

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Both France and Argentina have two World Cup wins, 1998 and 2018 for the former and 1978 and 1986 for the latter

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In the last 7 editions, France has made it to the World Cup finals 4 times while Argentina last played against Germany in 2014

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Messi with 11 goals is the 6th highest goal scorer in World Cup history, 1 short of Pele

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While Mbappe at 23, has already scored 9 goals in about 15 matches, while playing only 2 World cups. He is at par with Messi this WC, with 5 goals each

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