Lionel Messi Kylian

TWO GENERATIONS FACE EACH OTHER

Past vs future: The X-ray of the brutal duel between Messi and Mbappé

Published:16/12/2022 - 14:37h

Updated:16/12/2022 - 14:37h

On Sunday it will be defined which team will be the new three-time world champion. France is looking to be first with back-to-back titles since 1962, but Messi wants to end his career with his only remaining title.

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Next Sunday in Qatar will define a lot of things. Argentina will measure to France in the final of the Glass of the World 2022 (16:00 hours), but especially will see again like rivals Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé. The now mates in the PSG represent to perfection the two more recent generations of big footballers and besides to the two players but decisive of this edition of the tournament.

The Frenchman will contest his second final of the world, little more than 4 years after having been champion in Russia in his first experience in a World-wide. Of the another side, Messi surely will contest his last party in an appointment of this type with his selection and could do it winning the most important trophy of the sport for the first time in his career.

After winning absolutely everything with the FC Barcelona, the player had to leave to Tie it 1, where also went out champion. Already in the albiceleste, the player broke the 'curse' in 2021 and won the Glass America after two stray finals, both in front of Chile in the batch of penaltis. With 171 parties like international, the '10' Argentinian will look for the revancha of that stray final in front of Germany in 2014, where safe was better player that now, but also less mature.

To keep on being the best

The time happens for all, something that can confirm Christian Ronaldo, and for Leo has not been the exception. His game has gone losing explosividad and dribbling in speed, although clearly it reaches him for equally be a distinct player every time that has the balloon. In Qatar has annotated five so many and has delivered three assistances, equalising the leadership of both statistics.

These five goals of the Argentinian have it empatado precisely with Mbappé at most scorer of the tournament. The attacker Frenchman only has delivered an assistance less and in the party of the next Sunday will define surely to the Best Player of the Tournament, the Maximum Goleador, the Maximum Asistidor (Griezmann also has three) and of course, the champion.

Messi will arrive to the meeting with the only mission to do bigger his legend, whereas Kylian wants to follow accumulating numbers and titles to start with to go up stairs in the history of the football. The Argentinian with alone 18 minutes will surpass to Maldini like the player with more minutes in the world-wide and besides will surpass to Lothar Matthäus with more parties contested. With an assistance more will surpass also to Maradona and Peeled in the historical register of the Glass of the World. This, do bigger his name.

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