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Lionel Messi sent the Lusail stadium into raptures as he finally realised his dream of winning a World Cup, guiding Argentina to glory through a nerve-wracking penalty shootout against France in one of the greatest ever finals in Qatar.

Argentinian fans the world over erupted in wild celebrations as their team prevailed, scoring every spot kick while France squandered two of their efforts amid the mind games of Argentinian goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.

Earlier Messi had scored a desperate goal in extra time to drag his team back in front of defending champions France - only for Kylian Mbappe to seal a hat-trick and set up a nerve-wracking penalty shootout.