World Cup final serves up thrills and spills
It was a staggering world cup final that beggared belief and which was chock-full of hugely dramatic twists and turns. For immense chunks of the final though, Argentina were clearly the better side and they established a 2-nil lead which seemed to have assured them of victory with the minutes ticking away. However, in the 80 th minute, Mbappe had other ideas as he brilliantly netted a spot-kick to reduce the deficit. Entertainingly though, Mbappe’s heroics did not end there as precisely one minute later the Gallic football player par excellence netted a beautifully executed and unstoppable volley that went directly into the corner of the Argentinian net. Thus, with the scintillating final now delicately poised at 2-2, extra time would be needed to decisively settle the epic contest. And, in extra time, the established pattern of the pulsating encounter remained the same with Argentina edging in front via Lionel Messi before Mbappe again scored the leveler which meant that th...