France’s Kylian Mbappe has emerged as the second player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final after lifting his team to level in the ongoing Mundial in Qatar. Mbappe converted an 80th-minute penalty and equalised with an acrobatic volley a minute later and another penalty in the 118th minute. The first hat-trick was scored by Bert Patenaude of the United States, playing against Paraguay in 1930. Details later…

Source: Punch December 18, 2022 18:08 UTC