2022年12月18日 阿根廷 vs 法国（12 月 18 日 23:00）：姆巴佩挑战梅西的 GOAT

 

Lionel Messi is very hungry to win the World Cup title to make his glorious career more complete. With this title, even Messi can be considered by most fans as the greatest player in football history. But on the contrary, the legendary temple can welcome the name Kylian Mbappe at the age of 23.
莱昂内尔·梅西非常渴望赢得世界杯冠军，让他辉煌的职业生涯更加圆满。有了这个称号，即便是梅西，也可以被大多数球迷认为是足球史上最伟大的球员。但恰恰相反，传奇神殿能够在23岁时迎来姆巴佩这个名字。
 
Nice ending for Lionel Messi?
莱昂内尔·梅西的美好结局？
 
Before the final, Lionel Messi was the most mentioned name. Argentina's No 10 is facing a historic opportunity to win the only title he lacks to be placed on the table with the greatest legends.
在决赛之前，莱昂内尔·梅西是被提及最多的名字。阿根廷的 10 号球员正面临着一个历史性的机会来赢得他唯一没有与最伟大的传奇人物放在一起的冠军头衔。
 
In terms of statistics, Messi has surpassed the legendary seniors. The only downside is that his club-level success hasn't been enough to overshadow disappointments at national team level. It wasn't until last year that Messi won his first Copa America title. It was also the first major title that Argentina won in 28 long years.
在数据上，梅西已经超越了传奇前辈。唯一的缺点是他在俱乐部层面的成功不足以掩盖在国家队层面的​​失望。直到去年，梅西才赢得了他的第一个美洲杯冠军。这也是阿根廷在长达 28 年的时间里赢得的第一个大满贯冠军。  
The psychological knot was removed to help Messi sublimate with his teammates. La Albiceleste created a series of 36 consecutive unbeaten matches that lasted until 2019. In this series of matches, Argentina beat Euro champion Italy lightly with a score of 3-0 to win another Intercontinental Super Cup. It was also a match where Messi shined with 2 assists for his teammates to score.
解开心理结，帮助梅西与队友一起升华。 La Albiceleste创造了连续36场不败的记录，一直持续到2019年。在这一系列的比赛中，阿根廷以3-0的比分轻取欧冠冠军意大利，再次捧起洲际超级杯。也是梅西闪耀2次助攻为队友破门的比赛。
 
Despite bringing a stormy form to the World Cup, Argentina was soon splashed with cold water by Saudi Arabia. In a match where Argentina made 10 offsides and denied many goals, they saw their unbeaten streak come to an end.
尽管为世界杯带来了风雨飘摇的状态，但阿根廷很快就被沙特泼了一盆冷水。阿根廷队在10次越位和多次失球的比赛中，他们的不败纪录被终结。
 
But since then, Argentina has changed completely. They consecutively overcame Poland and Mexico to win tickets to the knockout round as the top team of Group C. In the knockout round, Argentina continued to beat Australia with a score of 2-1. The most difficult match against Scaloni's teachers and students was probably the confrontation with the Netherlands, when their mentality was also challenged. Messi and his teammates were pummeled by the opponent's provocations throughout the match. But in the end, Emiliano Martinez's excellence in the penalty shootout sent Argentina through and made this team even more confident than before.
但从那以后，阿根廷完全变了。他们连续战胜波兰和墨西哥，以C组头名的身份拿到了淘汰赛的入场券。淘汰赛中，阿根廷继续以2-1的比分战胜澳大利亚。与斯卡洛尼师生最艰难的一场比赛，大概就是与荷兰队的交锋，当时他们的心态也受到了挑战。整场比赛，梅西和他的队友都被对手的挑衅狠狠地揍了一顿。但最终，埃米利亚诺-马丁内斯在点球大战中的出色表现帮助阿根廷晋级，让这支球队比以往更加自信。
 
Thanks to the added confidence after the match against the Netherlands, Argentina defeated Croatia with a score of 3-0 in the semi-finals. La Albiceleste's ticket to the final of this year's tournament must be said to be completely worth it.
由于在与荷兰队的比赛后信心大增，阿根廷队在半决赛中以3-0的比分击败了克罗地亚队。不得不说，La Albiceleste 获得今年锦标赛决赛的入场券是完全值得的。  
Argentina's strength this year is, of course, still on the offensive front. Messi played extremely determined in the last World Cup of his career. Brilliant talent helps Messi contribute 5 goals and 3 assists in a total of 12 goals of Argentina in this World Cup. Temporarily, Messi is leading the list of top scorers of the tournament.
阿根廷今年的强项当然还是在进攻端。梅西在职业生涯的最后一届世界杯上打得异常坚决。出色的天赋帮助梅西在本届世界杯的阿根廷总计12球中贡献了5球3助攻。目前，梅西在本届赛事的最佳射手榜上名列前茅。
 
In addition to Messi, Argentina also has an interesting discovery in this year's tournament as young striker Julian Alvarez. Man City's player sat on the bench in the group stage but was constantly kicked in the knock-out rounds. His best performance was in the win over Croatia, with 2 goals and 1 assist.
除了梅西之外，阿根廷队在今年的赛事中还有一个有趣的发现，那就是年轻的前锋朱利安·阿尔瓦雷斯。曼城的球员在小组赛中坐在替补席上，但在淘汰赛中不断被踢。他最好的表现是在战胜克罗地亚的比赛中，打进2球助攻1次。
 
Other Messi's bodyguards like Di Maria, Enzo Fernandez or Mac Allister have also left their mark in this tournament and are ready to contribute to the goals. France's defense is not easy to penetrate, but Messi's magic combined with the 200% Messi fighting spirit of all Argentine players makes this team extremely elusive.
迪马利亚、恩佐费尔南德斯或麦克阿利斯特等梅西的其他贴身球员也在本届世界杯上留下了自己的印记，并准备为进球做出贡献。法国的防线不易被击穿，但梅西的魔力加上阿根廷全员200%的梅西拼搏精神，让这支球队难以捉摸。
Or Kylian Mbappe steps into the legendary temple?
还是基利安·姆巴佩踏入传奇神殿？
 
But in this final, Messi and his teammates will meet a worthy opponent - the French team. Messi and Argentina are having a sublime tournament but Mbappe and France are no less.
但在这场决赛中，梅西和他的队友们将遇到一个当之无愧的对手——法国队。梅西和阿根廷正在举办一场精彩的比赛，但姆巴佩和法国队同样如此。
 
On the top scorer rankings, Mbappe is just behind Messi because of one less assist. Of the 5 goals that Mbappe has scored in this year's World Cup, none have even come from penalties.
在射手榜上，姆巴佩因为少了一次助攻，仅次于梅西。姆巴佩在今年世界杯打进的5个进球中，甚至没有一个来自点球。  
Messi's beautiful story was talked about a lot before the game, but Mbappe was there ready to ruin the happy party of the Argentine players. Football lovers who do not deny Messi's talent, of course, cannot ignore Mbappe's exceptional excellence. And if Mbappe wins two consecutive World Cup titles as a mainstay, he deserves to be named in the temple of legends even though he is only 23 years old.
梅西的美丽故事在赛前被传得沸沸扬扬，而姆巴佩却随时准备破坏阿根廷球员的欢乐派对。不否认梅西天赋的足球爱好者，当然不能忽视姆巴佩的过人之处。而如果姆巴佩作为中流砥柱能够连续两届获得世界杯冠军，即使他只有23岁，也无愧于在传奇殿堂中的名字。
 
Like Argentina, France's strength lies mainly on the offensive front. In addition to Mbappe's speeding ability, France has many other stars ready to shine like Giroud, Griezmann or Dembele. These are the key players that helped France to win the 2018 World Cup and they are still in a state of prolificness to be able to take home the championship in Qatar this year.
和阿根廷一样，法国的强项主要在于进攻端。除了姆巴佩的飞车能力，法国还有吉鲁、格列兹曼、登贝莱等一众球星蓄势待发。这些是帮助法国赢得 2018 年世界杯的关键球员，他们仍然处于高产状态，能够在今年的卡塔尔夺冠。
 
France's midfield is generally more balanced than Argentina's thanks to Tchouameni's excellence. However, France's ability to pull the ball on the attack is not good enough due to the lack of Pogba. If Rabiot recovers and starts from the beginning, this worry of coach Deschamps will be alleviated a bit.
由于乔梅尼的出色表现，法国的中场总体上比阿根廷的更平衡。不过，由于缺少博格巴，法国队在进攻端的拉球能力不够出色。如果拉比奥恢复状态，从首发开始，主帅德尚的这种担忧就会减轻一些。
 
Before the match, France had to receive not very positive information when the flu virus had spread within the team. But the latest training session saw all the French players present. However, even with the absence of some positions, the strength of France compared to Argentina is not much inferior.
赛前，当流感病毒在队内传播时，法国不得不收到不太积极的信息。但最近的训练课，法国球员全都到场了。不过，即使少了一些位置，法国的实力和阿根廷相比也差不了多少。  
The key point that fans expect in the next match is still the direct competition of Messi and Mbappe. Lusail Stadium will be the place to see history being made. We can fully expect superstar moments from these players and a truly eye-catching match to close the 2022 World Cup final.
下一场比赛，球迷最期待的关键还是梅西和姆巴佩的直接较量。卢赛尔体育场将成为见证历史的地方。我们完全可以期待这些球员的超级巨星时刻，以及一场真正引人注目的比赛，为 2022 年世界杯决赛画上句号。
 
According to statistics, Qatar 2022 needs 6 more goals to become the World Cup final with the most goals in history. And fans can count on a new record to be set as both Messi and Mbappe aspire to win the World Cup and claim the "GOAT" throne for themselves.
据统计，卡塔尔2022还需要6个进球才能成为历史进球最多的世界杯决赛。随着梅西和姆巴佩都渴望赢得世界杯并为自己夺得“山羊”宝座，球迷们可以指望创造一项新纪录。