Mbappe beats Lionel Messi to win Golden Boot

FIFA World Cup 2022 Final: Kylian Mbappe won the Golden Boot Award in the 2022 edition of the tournament pipping Lionel Messi in an incredible burst in the second half of the game

 Kylian Mbappe pipped Lionel Messi in an epic finish to the Golden Boot race in the final of the FIFA World Cup 2022. Messi and Mbappe came into the final of the FIFA World Cup with 5 goals each but Messi was the one to take a lead after converting his penalty in the first half.

Things seemed lost for France late in the second half when they were trailing 2-0 against Argentina and had not taken a single shot till the 70th minute of the game. However, Mbappe had other ideas a produced a tremendous burst of two minutes scoring 2 goals to turn the game on its head.

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Mbappe goals stunned Argentina who looked devastated after losing the grip of the game. Mbappe kept becoming more threatening as the game progressed in the final minutes of the game and kept the Argentine defence on its toes with his pace.

Mbappe pipped Lionel Messi’s 7 goals in the tournament, and scored 8 of his own, with 2 goals coming from penalties. At regulation time, Kylian was ahead of Messi but the Argentine captain drew level in the dying moments of extra time, tapping in a rebound from Hugo Lloris.

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Messi now holds the record of scoring at least one goal in all the knockout matches of the FIFA World Cup, has scored 4 goals from penalties.

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The Argentine captain was once again taken over by Mbappe in the extra time, when Montiel conceded a penalty in the 118th minute of the game. Mbappe converted his final shot on goal and finished the tournament with 8 goals, and straight out beat Messi in the number of goals. This meant that Kylian, at just 23, is now a Golden Boot winner at the FIFA World Cup, and has the most number of finals goals in the FIFA World Cup.