The 2022 World Cup last will go down in historical past as one of many best ever, as Argentina beat France 4-2 in a penalty shootout after the scoreline was locked at 3-3 on the finish of additional time. And, Gonzalo Montiel will endlessly be remembered because the participant who scored the profitable spot kick, with the Sevilla FC right-back displaying cool confidence to ship France captain Hugo Lloris the unsuitable approach and to kickstart the celebrations.
Not solely was it a historic penalty, however it was additionally a brilliantly executed one. The full-back didn’t even have a look at Lloris and, with the world watching, he centered solely on the ball, dispatching a stable and certain kick to his left.
That made it 10 penalties transformed from 10 penalties tried within the 25-year-old’s profession, after he began taking spot kicks whereas working below Marcelo Gallardo at River Plate. “We have been nervous and I couldn’t watch, however he has ice in his veins,” Montiel’s mom stated after the victory.
Montiel was capable of rejoice changing into world champion alongside his Sevilla FC membership teammates Marcos Acuna and Papu Gomez, who additionally made important contributions in the course of the match. In complete, there have been 10 La Liga gamers within the triumphant Albiceleste squad, greater than from some other league, as Lionel Scaloni had additionally known as up Atletico de Madrid’s Nahuel Molina, Rodrigo De Paul and Angel Correa, Real Betis’s German Pezzella and Guido Rodriguez and Villarreal CF’s Geronimo Rulli and Juan Foyth, along with the Sevilla FC trio.
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