Argentina won the World Cup on penalties (3-3, 4 pens to 2) against France.
A final marked by a historic record.
5. An audience record
French viewers responded to the 2022 World Cup, far from the calls for a boycott that preceded it.
Sunday between 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., the anthology final was watched by 24.08 million people on TF 1, or 8 out of 10 French people. and channels combined”, welcomed the channel on Monday.
This means that there had never been so many people to watch an event on the same channel in the history of French TV.
A peak of 29 million people was reached at the time of the penalty shootout.
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4. A goalscoring record
The 2022 edition has become the richest in goals in the history of the competition: there have been 172 in Qatar, one more than in 1998 and 2014. Another record for which Messi and Mbappé played a crucial role.
3. A record for Morocco
Morocco becomes the first African nation to finish in the last four of a World Cup with their fourth place.
Behind the historic course of the Atlas Lions, Africa has revived at the 2022 World Cup a hope maintained for decades.
"In this tournament, all the African teams have done good things", underlines Romain Saïss, captain of the Moroccan team, stopped in the semi-finals by France (2-0).
2. A record for Giroud
Olivier Giroud became during this World Cup the top scorer (and the oldest) of the Blues (53 goals).
"I don't set myself any limits" and "my determination to stay at the highest level and have fun is intact," he warned during the tournament.
1. A record for Mbappé
Two penalties, an anthology goal and a successful shot on goal: Kylian Mbappé did everything well at the end of the final.
His hat-trick makes him the second player in history to score one in the World Cup final, the first time since that of Geoff Hurst in 1966. The English footballer applauded Kylian Mbappé's feat on Twitter: " My congratulations to Mbappé, and whatever happens I had a great time!
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Many congratulations to Mbappe, whatever happens.
I've had a great run!
— Sir Geoff Hurst (@TheGeoffHurst) December 18, 2022
As a bonus: the France team is the only team to have lost a World Cup final twice on penalties.
Sunday against Argentina, and against Italy in 2006.
