Watch: Lionel Messi’s amusing goodnight message to his kids throughout FIFA Awards speech leaves everybody in splits

Messi was adjudged as the perfect participant within the World Cup, ending the match with seven targets and three assists in seven video games. He was one of many solely three Argentine gamers to play in each single minute of the marketing campaign, 690 minutes in complete after two matches went into extra-time. During the match, he registered 347 passes, 5 tackles and 32 photographs. His Argentine teammate Emiliano Martinez acquired the perfect males’s goalkeeper award of 2022. Meanwhile, supervisor Lionel Scaloni was named because the Best Men’s Coach.

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For the ceremony, Messi was accompanied by spouse Antonela Roccuzzo, and his kids stayed again at dwelling. After receiving the award, Messi had an amusing message for his kids, which left everybody in splits. He mentioned, “Winning the World Cup is the most beautiful thing that has happened in my career. It’s a dream for many, but few can win it. I want to thank my family, the people of Argentina, as it will remain in our memories forever. I want to send a kiss to my children, who are watching this, Thiago, Mateo and Ciro, I love you. Now, go to bed!”

“This is an honour for me. I want to thank my colleagues, including my manager Scaloni, and we’re here representing them all, as we would not be here without them. It recognises the role they played in what they achieved. It’s been a crazy year for me. I have achieved my dream, after so much fighting and so much determination to win it”, he added.

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Argentina sealed a 4-2 win in opposition to France in penalties within the closing, after the match led to a 3-3 draw after extra-time. In a closely-fought closing, the CONMEBOL aspect first took the lead within the Twenty third-minute via captain Messi, who transformed a penalty after Angel Di Maria was fouled within the French field. After that, a fast counter-attack within the Thirty sixth-minute noticed Alexis MacAllister help Di Maria, who made it 2-0.

With Argentina cruising to a simple win, Kylian Mbappe got here to France’s rescue and staged a comeback. Mbappe levelled proceedings inside 97 seconds, scoring a penalty within the Eightieth-minute after Kolo Muani was introduced down within the Argentine field. Then within the 81st-minute, Mbappe made it 2-2 with a shocking volley.

In extra-time, Messi made it 3-2 for Argentina within the 108th-minute, scoring after some poor defending. But Mbappe as soon as once more got here to his aspect’s rescue within the 118th-minute to make it 3-3. In what turned out to be a nerve-wracking penalty shootout, goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez got here out on prime to disclaim Aurelien Tchouameni and Kingsley Coman as Argentina sealed a 4-2 victory.