Lionel Messi-inspired Argentina have won the 2022 Qatar World Cup on penalties.
The team scored two goals in first half but France equalised with a brace from Mbappe.
Messi appeared to have had the last laugh with a third goal until Mbappe scored a hat-trick via penalty.
Both teams had chances to win in extra time but the game stretched to penalties where Argentina scored four and France lost two.
Argentina had drawn 3-3 against France after 120 minutes at Lusail Stadium.
Messi and Angel di Maria put La Albiceleste 2-0 up in the first half, but Kylian Mbappe scored a brace in the second half to force the game into extra time.
However, Messi scored for Argentina in 108 minutes before Mbappe completed his hat-trick as he netted a late extra-time second-half goal to force the game into a penalty shoot-out.
The Les Blues ended up losing 4-2 in the penalty shoot-out against Argentina.
Reacting, TV host, Piers Morgan, congratulated Lionel Messi-led Argentina after they defeated France 4-2 on penalty in the 2022 FIFA World final on Sunday evening.
Morgan, a Cristiano Ronaldo confidant, also sympathized with France over the defeat at the final, describing the game as incredible.
He tweeted after the match, “BREAKING: Argentina win the World Cup on penalties. What a game. Incredible drama.
“Congrats to Lionel Messi & his team. Commiserations to the French who gave it everything, especially the brilliant Mbappe.”
In the same vein, Brazil’s president-elect, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, wrote on social media that he is “happy with the victory of our Argentine neighbours.”
President Gabriel Boric of Chile has also sent a “gigantic hug to our Argentine brothers.”
Also, Argentine president Alberto Fernandez has joined in on the World Cup celebrations and thanked the national team for the victory.
“Thank you to the players and the technical team,” he wrote on Twitter.
“They’re an example that we must never give up. That we have great people and a great future.”
