The packed Lusail Stadium in Qatar witnessed one of the greatest FIFA World Cup final matches on Sunday night where Messi wowed the world on behalf of Argentina to clinch the title from France in the penalty shootout.

This has helped the living legend Messi translate into reality what he dreamt of. He gave a hint of no immediate retirement and instead, wanted to keep playing for his nation in Blue and White stripes.

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Notably, in the nail-biting finale that moved to the penalty shootout, Argentina snatched the victory by 4-2. Previously, both the teams scored 3-3 goals, with Messi scoring 2 of them for Argentina, while Mbappe striking a hat trick for his team to give this match a thriller ending.

At the end, it was all over to the penalties where, Argentina completely outplayed the defending champions as they scored all the 4 penalties while France could just  score 2. Kylian Mbappe, tried his best to be on the winning side. But destiny had decided a fairy tale ending for the greatest of all time as the say Lionel Messi.

Here’s a list of all individual winners announced after the memorable FIFA World Cup 2022 final:

GOLDEN BALL AWARD

The Golden Ball Award, was won by none other than Argentina’s skipper Lionel Messi. He was named the player of the tournament for his remarkable performance throughout the World Cup. Scoring 7 in the whole tournament including 2 of them coming in the finals, Messi was the second highest scorer in the World Cup after Mbappe. With this, La Albiceleste ended their 36 years of wait to get their hands over the golden cup.

YOUNG PLAYER AWARD

Argentina’s star mid fielder Enzo Fernández won the Young Player Award as he performed exceptionally throughout the tournament. The 21 year old stunned everyone with his goal against Mexico during the Group C game in the tournament.

GOLDEN BOOT AWARD

Who else deserved this award more than Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe, who single handedly kept France in the game in the thriller World Cup Final. With a total of 8 goals he was the highest goal scorer in the tournament. He even surpassed the legendary Lionel Messi, who stayed at second position in the golden boot race. In the final itself, he smashed a hat trick and increased everyone’s heartbeat.

GOLDEN GLOVE AWARD

Argentina’s 6 feet 4 giant goalkeeper, Emiliano Martínez, deserved this award more than anyone else in this tournament. Nobody can deny his role behind the victory of Argentina. He blocked 2 of the shoots in the penalty shootout. Also in the Quarter Final against the Netherlands, he was exceptional as he led the team to victory in the penalty shootout by defending a couple of goals.

FIFA WORLD CUP 2022 PRIZE MONEY

Argentina, the World Champions won a whooping prize money of 42 million dollars. The runners up France received 30 Million dollars. The Croatia who were in 3rd position won a prize money of 27 million dollars.