Kylian Mbappe clinched the World Cup Golden Boot with a dramatic hat-trick in Sunday s final, though his efforts were in vain as Lionel Messi s Argentina triumphed on penalties.
Mbappe entered Sunday s game level with Paris Saint-Germain team-mate Messi on five goals, and twice fell behind in his battle with the Argentina captain in a thrilling contest.
Messi became the first player to reach 20 World Cup goal involvements when he opened the scoring with a penalty following Ousmane Dembele s trip on Angel Di Maria, who then capped a flowing move to put Argentina 2-0 up.
However, Mbappe was gifted a route back into the battle atop the goalscoring charts with 10 minutes remaining, tucking a penalty home after Nicolas Otamendi fouled Randal Kolo Muani.
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