"Mbappé made gestures that he was going to kill us": untold story of World Cup final

December 18, 2022 is a date soccer fans will never forget. On that day, at Doha's Lusail Stadium, Argentina and France faced each other in the final of the Qatar 2022 World Cup. There they put on a memorable show, drawing 2-2 after 90 minutes, scoring one more goal each in extra time and then defining the title through penalty shootouts.

Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé were the big stars of that match. The Argentine forward scored twice, while the French striker netted three times. However, the precision of the South American players and the spectacular performance of goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez made the difference and Lionel Scaloni's team became world champions for the third time in their history.

Almost a year has passed since then and there are still details that are still being revealed. In an interview with Star+, Enzo Fernandez told why there was so much tension on the field that day between the players of both teams, especially the Argentine players against Kylian Mbappé.

"I remember what he told me, things about the match. There were plays that we celebrated, like some duel, and he was making signs to us like he was going to kill us," the Chelsea midfielder began by recounting. And then he added: “He was angry with me, I don't know why. Cuti (Cristian Romero) confronted him, he's crazy... (Mbappé) told me that they were going to win the final and what happened happened”.

The revenge of the Argentines

A few months ago, Romero spoke on the same subject and explained why he was very angry with the French star during that match. In fact, TV footage shows the Argentine defender celebrating Messi's third goal in Kylian's face, with a provocative gesture. "Mbappé had treated Enzo (Fernandez) very badly. When Leo scored I came out to do that," said the Tottenham player.