Lionel Messi’s Argentina are favorites to win the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals against France according to prominent data analysts

Lionel Messi’s Argentina are favorites to win the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals against France according to prominent data analysts

Lionel Messi in action for Argentina at the FIFA World Cup

Argentina will face the reigning champions, France, who is in deadly form,  in the 2022 FIFA World cup finals. Lionel Messi and his team have been exceptionally good after the tournament’s first game and have proven why they deserve to be in the tournament’s final stage.

It took Lionel Messi another 8 years to reach the second FIFA World Cup final of his career, and he enters the ring with the odds in his favor. Although France has been in tremendous form this World Cup, Argentina is still more likely to lift the world cup on Sunday according to a statistical analysis performed by FiveThirtyEight.

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Reports suggest that there is a 53% chance that the South Americans would go on to celebrate the victory. Despite the tally being so close between the two teams, Argentina leaps forward with a narrow advantage over the champions.

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This is going to be one of the most exciting FIFA World Cup finals of recent years as both the team’s top scorers are still in the race for the Golden boot. Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe are tied at 5 goals each in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. This is also the first time the winner and runner-up of the Golden boot race would be from the same club (PSG).

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Lionel Messi’s performance in the 2022 FIFA World Cup

Arguably the best player on the planet, Lionel Messi is just 90 minutes away from winning it all in the world of football. The Argentina captain has been decisive for his country in the 2022 FIFA World Cup as he has 8 goal involvements in the competition.

Lionel Messi has scored 5 goals and has assisted 3 goals in the 6 matches that he has played in the tournament. He has also scored in every knockout match in this tournament, becoming just the 6th player to do so. A true legend of the game.

Argentina has risen on Messi’s shoulders as the 35-year-old is about to fight for the third international trophy of his career. Do you think he will finally win the World Cup, or will the 2014 heartbreak return to haunt the Argentine dreams?

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