The WorldCup2022 gets underway in 15 days in Qatar, with France hoping to become the first team to successfully defend the title since Brazil 60 years ago.⚽️ Qatar2022
Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi are teammates at PSG but will be rivals at the Fifa World Cup in Qatar. Picture: EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON
— Arguably the greatest player of all time, Messi has yet to emulate past legends Pele and Diego Maradona by winning football’s biggest prize. He did finally win a major international tournament with Argentina when he was the driving force behind their Copa America triumph last year. The 35-year-old has said this will “very likely” be his last World Cup and will be desperate to go one better than 2014, when Argentina lost the final to Germany in extra time.
— His France teammate Karim Benzema is the current Ballon d’Or holder but the world champions’ most important player remains Mbappe, more than four years since he starred at the 2018 World Cup. The Paris Saint-Germain forward became the first teenager to score in a World Cup final since Pele with his strike in France’s 4-2 victory over Croatia. Mbappe, now 23, has denied reports he is attempting to leave PSG mid-season just months after signing a lucrative new contract.
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