This final and Argentina's journey to reach the end are too good to be true. Everyone (bar French) want it to be a happy ending for Lionel Messi. Everything seem aligned for Argentina to win it but no one knows how it will unravel. It has to be earned, otherwise some accusations that FIFA handed the trophy for them in a silver platter will be justified.
It started with a surprising loss, but what follows after are hard fought wins, superb goalkeeping, and Messi's magical moment (with a little help from his young padawans).
Many people thought that the ideal final should be between Argentina vs Brazil or Messi vs Ronaldo. You know, the same narrative that we heard for the entire Messi's career.
Oh how wrong they are.
Messi's final test is not coming from the past or present, but the future. It has name and the name is Kylian Mbappe. No one is able to past the guardian of time, not even Messi. But by beating Mbappe, he became immortal.