Mbappe is also just the fifth man to score in multiple World Cup finals and the second to score in back-to-back finals.
Messi can become the third Argentine player to win the Golden Boot at the World Cup after Guillermo Stabile in 1930 and Mario Kempes in 1978.
Ahead of the big match, Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni has said that the World Cup final with France is ‘much more thanMessi against Kylian Mbappe’.
The winner from the match will face either Argentina or Croatia in the final on December 18 in Lusail.
The win sees PSG extend their unbeaten record against promoted sides to 31 games.
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