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{{a|devil|}}It struck the JC while watching the 2022 World Cup Final that there is a large asymmetry between attack and defence. The final will be remembered for Lionel Messi, yes, but also for 23-year-old Kilian Mbappé’s magnificent hat-trick — the first in a world Cup final since Geoff Hurst’s in 1966. | {{a|devil|}}It struck the JC while watching the 2022 World Cup Final that there is a large asymmetry between attack and defence. The final will be remembered for Lionel Messi, yes, but also for 23-year-old Kilian Mbappé’s magnificent hat-trick — the first in a world Cup final since Geoff Hurst’s in 1966. | ||
Here is how the | Compare Mbappé’s performance with his opposite number on the night, Nicolás Otamendi, whose one obvious mistake was a marginal foul on Kolo Muani: | ||
Here is how the media in the UK saw the player ratings. | |||
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!Newspaper!!'''Nicolás Otamendi'''!!Kilian Mbappé | |||
!Comment | |||
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|Guardian||6||9 | |||
|'''Otamendi:''' Like his team, he had looked comfortable until Kolo Muani sorely exposed him in a one-on-one. | |||
'''Mbappé''': Out of the game until turning it on its head and becoming first final hat-trick scorer since Geoff Hurst. | |||
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|Sky Sports||6||9 | |||
|'''Otamendi''': Was playing so well - and then gave away a daft penalty to allow France back into the game. | |||
'''Mbappé''': It felt a false start for 80 minutes but then the Grandmaster produced another work of art. | |||
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|Express||5||9 | |||
|'''Otamendi''': Clumsy late penalty cost a straightforward win - the needless arm grapple gave Kolo Muani reason to tumble. | |||
'''Mbappé''': Squeezed his first penalty past Martinez then came alive. Second brilliantly taken, the hat-trick emphatic. | |||
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|Telegraph||4||10 | |||
|'''Otamendi''': Stupid mistake to give away the penalty against Muani as the 34-year-old had barely been troubled for 60 minutes by the French attack. | |||
'''Mbappé''': One of the finest World Cup performances in history. Struggling to generate a spark for 60 minutes, then the supercharger came on and he hit a hattrick. | |||
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|Sun||6||9 | |||
|'''Otamendi''': His brain-fade moment turned a victory cruise into a desperate fight for survival and opened the door for one of the greatest games of all time. | |||
'''Mbappé''': Zero to hero. Incredible. Was he playing in the first half? Looked like he’d picked the biggest game of his career to have the worst day of his life. Then….remarkable. | |||
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