The FIFA World Cup 2022 has come to an end today. A month-long celebration of the game of football came to an epic conclusion with a brilliant Final between Argentina and France. The challengers, Argentina, led by Lionel Messi, faced the defending champions, France.
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After starting their tournament with a loss against Saudi Arabia, Argentina rallied back, and fought their way to the Group of 16. From there, Lionel Messi scored at least once in each of the games as he led his team from the front.
HISTORY: Lionel Messi is now the first player in history to score at each stage of a World Cup tournament!
🇦🇷✅ Group stage, Round of 16, Quarter-finals, Semi-finals, Final pic.twitter.com/vP7tF4XC7b
— EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) December 18, 2022
Argentina won the Finals in the Penalties. Multiple NBA stars such as James Harden, Trae Young, and more poured their support for $620 Million worth Messi.
NBA stars rally up in support of Lionel Messi
It has been a beautiful month of sports, with the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. With a grand finish tonight, Lionel Messi played his last World Cup game and won the only trophy missing in his decorated mantle: The FIFA World Cup trophy.
Seeing him play, many NBA players rose up and commented about the Argentinian star.
WOW!! 🐐 MESSI ! pic.twitter.com/f88UbNXQmP
— Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) December 18, 2022
MESSI the 🐐!
— James Harden (@JHarden13) December 18, 2022
Messi 🐐
— josh giddey (@joshgiddey) December 18, 2022
Messi🐐
— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) December 18, 2022
What a final!!! So happy for Messi
— Dirk Nowitzki (@swish41) December 18, 2022
A celebration for Messi turned into Kyle Kuzma getting trolled
The Final between Argentina and France was probably the best Finals in recent times. Seeing it, Kyle Kuzma could not stop himself from reacting to the same.
What a World Cup so far
— kuz (@kylekuzma) December 18, 2022
While fans trolled him in the comments, his own teammate, Kristaps Porzingis, trolled him as well.
Messi and Argentina!!! 🔥🔥🔥
p.s it was the last game Kuz 😂 https://t.co/39EJ2Bktns— Kristaps Porzingis (@kporzee) December 18, 2022
Come on Kuz, if you are pretending, at least do a better job at the same.