Qatar World Cup 2022 closed down with a thrilling final match. In the final match, Messi played against his club teammate Mbappe. Messi helped Argentina dominate the final game during the first 79 minutes with two goals ahead scored by Messi and his Argentina teammate. But Messi club teammate revived France’s hope alive when Mbappe scored two goals within two minutes. The match had to go into extra time. Once again, Messi scored at 109′ to help Argentina ahead. Only two minutes before two extra times up, Mbappe again denied Argentina to celebrate with a successful penalty. The two teams went to the penalty shootout to decide who wins the trophy. After Argentina won the penalty shootout. Messi collapsed to his knees, he was circled and engulfed by jubilant teammates. Messi achieved his goal by collecting the prize that he hadn’t collected for over two decades.
Mbappe writes his name in football history when he had a hat trick in the final match. Morocco is an Arab team that reached the semi-final in the history FIFA World Cup. Qatar is the only host that played three matches after spending about 200 billion on World Cup. Even though Qatar lost money and matches, it still achieved some goals such as being the first and only Arab nation ever to hold World Cup. Qatar shows to the World that the Middle East should be known more than war, terrorism, and blood oil.
World Cup also brings people from different cultures and religions together. Qatar shows to the World that it is open-minded when Alcohol and Western fashion could be seen on the streets and in stadiums. Books and movies are not enough to change people’s minds. People only change when they interact with the outside world.
Before World Cup, many people demanded to boycott World Cup, but they are wrong. World Cup has brought some changes in Qatar from poor human rights records to conservative views. Thank Qatar for World Cup, and thank many teams that they played at heart for their countries and worldwide fans.