Jakarta, CNNI Indonesia —
The hilarious moment happened in the final World Cup 2022 as the French substitutes on the bench rushed onto the pitch in celebration when Les Bleus striker Randal Kolo Muani nearly found the net for Argentina in the 123rd minute.
The 2022 World Cup final between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium on Sunday night (18/12) was thrilling, tense and dramatic.
Argentina managed to take a 2-0 lead in the first half thanks to Lionel Messi’s penalty goal in the 23rd minute and Angel Di Maria’s beautiful goal in the 36th minute.
But France managed to equalize in the 80th and 81st minutes thanks to two goals from Kylian Mbappé. The match between Argentina and France ended 2-2 in regular time.
In the extra rounds, Argentina again opened hope after Messi scored a successful goal in the 108th minute to make the position 3-2.
However, Mbappe was again able to delay Argentina’s victory by scoring a goal to make it 3-3 in the 118th minute.
Interestingly, in the 123rd minute or in the last two minutes of extra time, France had a golden opportunity thanks to Randal Kolo Muani who had tackled Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.
This moment of golden opportunity caused the French reserves to step off the bench and into the sidelines. Then, when Randal Kolo Muani fired in a shot, the French substitutes rushed onto the pitch in anticipation of the goal that would have given Les Bleus victory over Argentina.
However, the French reserve player’s celebration failed and he had to leave the field again as Randal Kolo Muani’s shot was again blocked by Emiliano Martinez’s brilliant save.
As a result, France failed to secure victory at the end of the game and had to suffer a penalty shoot-out against Argentina. Until France lost 2-4 to Argentina on penalties.
(rhr/jal)
