Kylian Mbappé’s one-on-one performance for the football history books in the World Cup final. And even if Lionel Messi celebrates at the end, the Frenchman proves that the future belongs to him.
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Sebastian Fischer, Lusail
The lights were dimmed in Lusail’s stadium as they set the stage on the lawn for the awards ceremony of this epic finale. In front of the sky-blue and white wall of their fans, the Argentines danced and roared and wept for the joy of their victory, when two Frenchmen met elsewhere on the pitch. And so the big lines of this World Cup in Qatar converged: Emmanuel Macron comforted Kylian Mbappé.