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France captain Hugo Lloris has expressed his disappointment losing the 2022 World Cup final to Argentina on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lloris described the loss as painful and wished it was his country that came out victorious.
France star Kylian Mbappe scored a hat trick, won the Golden Boot and yet still finished on the losing side as Lionel Messi helped Argentina win on penalties.
France captain Lloris said: \u201cThere were a lot of great players on the pitch. Messi and Mbappe are very special and were top tonight, top, top players for the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard when you lose and you cannot find the right words because it\u2019s too painful. But we gave it our best shot from the start to the end of this tournament and we should be proud of that.
\u201cWe had two big chances even at 119 minutes before extra time and then it\u2019s even more painful to lose.\u201d
This was only the second World Cup final to see both sides score a penalty after the 1974 clash between Germany and Netherlands. It was also the first ever showpiece to see both sides score at least three goals.
Argentina have won the World Cup for a third time, 36 years since their last triumph in 1986. Only Italy (44 years from 1938 to 1982) have ever had a longer gap between winning two World Cups.
Each of the last three reigning champions to reach the World Cup final failed to win that final, with France joining Argentina in 1990 and Brazil in 1998 in doing so.
Argentina have won more penalty shoot-outs than any nation in World Cup history, with this their sixth such triumph. They are the third nation to win a World Cup final shoot-out after Brazil in 1994 and Italy in 2006.
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FIFA World Cup awards:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enzo Fernandez ?? – Young Player of the Tournament ?\ufe0fEmiliano Martinez – Golden Glove ?
Kylian Mbappe – Golden Boot ?
Lionel Messi – Golden Ball ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MESSI JOINS WORLD CUP WINNING CAPTAINS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022Lionel Messi (Qatar 2022)
\u2022Hugo Lloris (Russia 2018)
\u2022Phillip Lahm (Brazil 2014)
\u2022Iker Casillas (South Africa 2010)
\u2022Fabio Cannavaro (Germany 2006)
\u2022Cafu (Korea\/Japan 2002)
\u2022Didier Deschamps (France ’98)
\u2022Carlos Dunga (USA ’94)
\u2022Lothar Mattheaus (Italia ’90)
\u2022Diego Maradona (Mexico ’86)
\u2022Dino Zoff (Spain ’82)
\u2022Daniel Passarella (Argentina ’78)
\u2022Franz Beckenbauer (Germany :74)
\u2022Carlos Alberto Torres (Mexico ’70)
\u2022Bobby Moore (England ’66)
\u2022Mauro Ramos (Chile ”62)
\u2022Hilderaldo Bellini (Sweden ’58)
\u2022Fritz Walter (Switzerland ’54)
\u2022Obdulio Varela (Brazil ’50)
\u2022Giuseppe Meazza (France 1938)
\u2022Gianpiero Combi (Italy 1934)
\u2022Jose Nasazzi (Uruguay 1930)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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