ARGENTINA y France, the defending champion, will meet this Sunday from 12:00 in the Lusail Stadium, led by lionel Messi y Kylian Mbappecompanions in Paris Saint-Germain and top scorers of this edition with 5 goals each.
France will go in search of a two-time consecutive championship that they only achieved Italia in 1934-1938 and Brazil in 1958-1962 during the first years of “O Rei” Skin.
Argentinawhat He has not crowned since 1986 with Diego Maradona, has a 2-1 advantage in the World Cup history with the French but lost in the only previous direct elimination (3-4 for the round of 16 in Russia 2018). His two wins were in the group stage of 1930 (1-0) and 1978 (2-1).
It will be the second time in the history of the World Cup that neither of the finalists reaches the last match of the tournament undefeated. The only time it happened was in the 1978 editionwhen Argentina achieved its first star against the Netherlands. The team of Cesar Luis Menotti reached the definition with 4 wins, one draw and one loss, while the Europeans accumulated 3 wins, 2 draws and one loss.
HOW THE FINALISTS ARRIVED IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD CUP
| # | DATE | WINNER | HOW DO I ARRIVE | LOSER | HOW IT GOT2 | RESULT |
| 1 | 30/07/1930 | Uruguay | 3 v | Argentina | 4 v | 4-2 |
| 2 | 10/06/1934 | Italia | 3v y 1e | czechoslovakia | 3 v | 2-1 |
| 3 | 19/06/1938 | Italia | 3 v | Hungary | 3 v | 4-2 |
| 4 | 16/07/1950 | Uruguay | 2v y 1e | Brazil | 4v y 1e | 2-1 |
| 5 | 04/07/1954 | West Germany | 4v and 1d | Hungary | 4 v | 3-2 |
| 6 | 29/06/1958 | Brazil | 4v y 1e | Sweden | 4v y 1e | 5-2 |
| 7 | 17/06/1962 | Brazil | 4v y 1e | czechoslovakia | 3v 1e y 1d | 3-1 |
| 8 | 30/07/1966 | England | 4v y 1e | West Germany | 4v y 1e | 4-2 |
| 9 | 21/06/1970 | Brazil | 5v | Italia | 3v y 2e | 4-1 |
| 10 | 07/07/1974 | West Germany | 5v y 1d | Netherlands | 5v y 1e | 2-1 |
| 11 | 25/06/1978 | Argentina | 4v 1e y 1d | Netherlands | 3v, 2e y 1d | 3-1 |
| 12 | 11/07/1982 | Italia | 3v y 3e | West Germany | 3v 2e y 1d | 3-1 |
| 13 | 29/06/1986 | Argentina | 5v y 1e | West Germany | 3v 2e y 1d | 3-2 |
| 14 | 08/07/1990 | West Germany | 4v y 2e | Argentina | 2v 3e y 1d | 1-0 |
| 15 | 17/07/1994 | Brazil | 5v y 1e | Italia | 4v 1e y 1d | 0 (3) – (2) 0 |
| 16 | 12/07/1998 | France | 5v y 1e | Brazil | 4v 1e y 1d | 3-0 |
| 17 | 30/06/2002 | Brazil | 6v | Germany | 5v y 1e | 2-0 |
| 18 | 09/07/2006 | Italia | 5v y 1e | France | 4v y 2e | 1 (5) – (3) 1 |
| 19 | 11/07/2010 | spain | 5v y 1d | Netherlands | 6v | 1-0 |
| 20 | 13/07/2014 | Germany | 5v y 1e | Argentina | 5v y 1e | 1-0 |
| 21 | 15/07/2018 | France | 5v y 1e | Croatia | 4v y 2e | 4-2 |
| 22 | 22/12/2022 | Argentina | 4v 1e y 1d | France | 5v y 1d | FOR PLAYING |
COVER PHOTO: EL GRAFICO ARCHIVE
