3^rd Place playoff result & review

In the match that was played on 17^th December 2022, the 3^rd place playoff, Croatia won the match 2-1, defeating Morocco.

Croatia has participated in six FIFA World Cup Championships so far and in three of the FIFA World Cup it has earned medals for itself. This shows that Croatia has the potential of bringing home the FIFA World Cup sometimes in future.

In FIFA World Cup 2022, Qatar, the Croatians displayed amazing skills to clinch the bronze. They beat the in-form Moroccans who equally displayed wonderful potential. Though it was a match for the 3^rd place, both the teams played as if playing the finals and the match was equally thrilling.

Croatian Josko Gvardiol gave the lead by scoring the first goal of the match, just seven minutes into the match. The Moroccan, Achraf Dari, scored a goal two minutes later to level off.

The match was already a thriller but the decider came from the Croatian forward Mislav Orsic, when he beat the Moroccan goalie to give Croatia the lead again.

The Moroccans kept looking for another goal but were unsuccessful and Croatia won the match by 2-1.

The Moroccans achieving the fourth position, which in itself is a great feat, were the surprise package in this years FIFA World Cup. The Moroccans, enroute to the 3^rd place play off, defeated the giants Spain & Portugal.

The Moroccans thanked all their fans before bidding goodbye to the FIFA World Cup 2022.

Ivan Perisic of Croatia  was declared the player of the match.

Final result & review

As anticipated by the world, Messi and his team won it for their country. Argentina won the finals in penalty shoot-out. The scores are Argentina 3(4) – France 2(2).

Messi’s Argentina took the FIFA 2022 World Cup in the penalty shoot-out, defeating the defending champion, France. As the match progressed the first goal was scored by Lionel Messi in the form of a penalty and the next Argentinian goal came from the winger and the mid-fielder, Di Maria. When Argentina thought that they were cruising along nicely, when France was awarded a penalty kick, taken by Mbappe, resulting in a goal. Immediately after, Mbappe scored the equalizer to bring the scores to 2-2.

The match went into extra time where Messi’s effort resulted in the ball rebounding but was given a goal based on goal-line technology. The match was becoming a thriller and just as the Argentinians had thought that they had the game, there came another goal, again an equalizer, by Mbappe this too was a penalty kick awarded to France. This goal tied the game the second time and resulting in penalty shoot-outs.

The French team deserves a special applaud because they displayed awesome skills even when some of the team members were down with some ailment and were not really fit.

The Argentinian goal keeper Emiliano Martinez could stop few of the French penalty kicks which resulted in the Argentina winning the FIFA World Cup 2022 Championships by 4-2 (penalty shoot-out). This is Argentina’s third world cup.

The final score stood at Argentina 3(4) – 3(2) France.

Important events

• Lionel Messi  was voted the tournament’s best player and won the Golden Ball award.

• Kylian Mbappe became the recipient of the Golden Boot award as he scored the maximum (8) number of goals in the tournament.

• Mbappe also became the second player to score a hattrick in a world cup final after Geoff Hurst in 1966.

•  The Argentinian goal keeper Emiliano Martinez was awarded the best goal keeper and won the Golden Gloves award.

• The Young Player Award went to Enzo Fernandez also an Argentinian.

some of the information may have been sourced from FIFA.com & wikipedia.