In the final of the 23rd World Football Championship, the national teams of Spain and Argentina will face each other. The final match and the third-place game (France – England) are scheduled for July 19.
Medianews.az reports that Spain drew with Cape Verde (0:0) in the group stage, defeated Saudi Arabia (4:0) and Uruguay (1:0), eliminated Austria (3:0) in the round of 16, Portugal (1:0) in the round of 16, Belgium (2:1) in the quarter-finals, and France (2:0) in the semi-finals.
Argentina defeated Algeria (3:0), Austria (2:0), and Jordan (3:1) in the group round, beat Cape Verde (3:2) in the round of 16, Egypt (3:2) in the round of 16, Switzerland (3:1) in the quarter-finals, and England (2:1) in the semi-finals.
Since June 11, in the championship hosted by the USA, Canada, and Mexico, 297 goals have been scored in 102 games.
Lionel Messi (Argentina) and Kylian Mbappe (France) scored 8 goals each, Erling Haaland (Norway) 7, Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham (England) 6 goals each.
2 players scored 5 goals, 3 players scored 4 goals, 16 players scored 3 goals, 30 players scored 2 goals, and 118 players scored 1 goal.
14 own goals were recorded in the tournament.
In the previous 22 World Championships, Brazil won 5 times, Italy and Germany 4 times, Argentina 3 times, Uruguay and France 2 times, and England and Spain once each.
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