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There\u2019s almost an expectation of a fairytale ending at this point.<\/p>\n

It’s an assumption of a preordained outcome that would see Lionel Messi<\/u><\/a>, almost universally considered the greatest player of this or any other generation, ride off into the sunset after winning his final international match \u2014 not to mention the most coveted trophy of them all.<\/p>\n

It would be the ultimate mic drop. A deserved and fitting one. The outcome just about everybody \u2014 66 million French citizens excepted \u2014 wants to see in Sunday\u2019s World Cup<\/u><\/a> final (coverage starts at 9 a.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports app<\/u><\/a>) against defending champion France<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

It is no small wonder, then, that Messi\u2019s quest to cement his mortality on the biggest stage possible is the main storyline \u2014 seemingly the only storyline \u2014 heading into the decisive match.<\/p>\n

Yet there\u2019s another storybook ending on the other side that not nearly enough people are talking about.\u00a0<\/p>\n

France, after all, is the World Cup holder and the bookies’ favorite to win the game<\/u><\/a>. If Les Blues<\/i> do triumph and spoil what is supposed to be Messi\u2019s moment in the process, they will secure their own special place in the annals of the planet\u2019s most popular sport.<\/p>\n

The World Cup has not had a back-to-back champion in more than 60 years now, not since the legendary Pel\u00e9 \u2014 who was regarded as the GOAT for more than half a century before Messi eventually eclipsed him \u2014 led Brazil<\/u><\/a> to consecutive titles in 1958 and 1962.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That might as well be ancient history. Pel\u00e9 is 82 now and contending with health challenges. Few living f\u00fatbol lovers remember those days. Even if they did, the 1962 event wasn\u2019t even televised live, or in color. The World Cup was not the ubiquitously marketed quadrennial global juggernaut it is now.<\/p>\n

At 23, French star Kylian Mbapp\u00e9<\/u><\/a> doesn\u2019t have the glittering r\u00e9sum\u00e9 boasted by Pel\u00e9 or Messi quite yet, but damned if he isn\u2019t on his way. Mbapp\u00e9 has already won a World Cup. In 2018, he became the first teenager since Pel\u00e9 to score in a final, and he already has nine career World Cup goals to Messi\u2019s 11, despite playing in 12 fewer games.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The pair is tied atop the Golden Boot race<\/u><\/a> at Qatar 2022 with five each, though Messi has logged almost 100 more minutes.<\/p>\n

Mbapp\u00e9 is so young, and his numbers so gaudy, it’s not only reasonable to think he will eventually claim the mantle as the best ever if he stays healthy, it\u2019s inevitable. Hoisting the World Cup for the second time two days before his 24th birthday would only speed Mbapp\u00e9’s ascent.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just about Mbapp\u00e9.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Coach Didier Deschamps and goalkeeper Hugo Lloris<\/u><\/a> also have a chance to make history Sunday. Deschamps \u2014 one of two men to win the World Cup as both a captain and coach \u2014 now has the chance to become just the third person, after Italy\u2019s<\/u><\/a> Vittorio Pozzo in 1938 and U.S. women\u2019s national team<\/u><\/a> boss Jill Ellis in 2019, to helm more than one World Cup champ. Lloris, meanwhile, would become the first to captain two separate title winners.<\/p>\n

Beyond the possible individual achievements, another victory for Les Bleus <\/i>would secure France\u2019s status as the undisputed leading soccer nation of the 21st century. Sunday marks the country\u2019s third World Cup final appearance since 2006. France also won the 2000 European Championship two years after lifting the World Cup for the first time, and Deschamps’ side finished runner-up at the 2016 Euros. Add in the UEFA Nations League title he won last year, and this is the coach\u2019s fourth finale in five years. Not that he\u2019s thinking about personal records.<\/p>\n

“The team is more important than I am,” he said after the French dispatched Morocco<\/u><\/a> in Wednesday\u2019s semifinal. “We all know that we have this chance now of defending our title in the final.<\/p>\n

“That’s a great achievement already,” he added. “But we’re going to do everything we can to ensure that we are even happier on Sunday evening.”<\/p>\n

And, with that, write a fairytale ending of their own.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/france-aiming-complete-own-fairytale-lionel-messis-legendary-quest <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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