The final between Argentina and France was without a doubt one of the most impressive in the entire history of the World Cups, scoring 6 goals between the two, something that has not happened many times in history. Here we will tell you how many finals have ended with 6 or more goals.
The Argentine team was much superior during a good part of the 90 regulation minutes. They won 2-0 and it seemed that they would have no major problems to win the game. However, France reacted and thanks to two goals from Mbappe, they equalized the game at 2-2, a result that forced extra time to play.
There Argentina, who for a moment had many doubts, returned to take control of the game and put themselves back on top with only 7 minutes to go. However, France did not give up and managed to level the score with 2 minutes remaining. On penalties, the Argentines got their 3rd title.
World Cup Finals with 6 or more goals
In total there have been 6 finals that have had 6 or more goals (including Qatar 2022), although only one exceeded 6 goals (Sweden 1958). This is the first time that, with 6 goals, there were no winners and the game had to be decided on penalties.
Uruguay 1930: Uruguay vs Argentina (4-2) France 1938: Italy vs Hungary (4-2) Sweden 1958: Brazil vs Sweden (5-2) England 1966: England vs Germany (4-2) Russia 2018: France vs Croatia (4-2) Qatar 2022: Argentina vs France (3-3)
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