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“The stage was set for two of football’s greatest rivals to meet for the first time in a FIFA World Cup since 1990 and the first time ever in the Final,” EA said in a statement about the simulated World Cup final. “Unsurprisingly it was another tense game that was decided by a single goal, but it was the Albiceleste that sent their nation into euphoria as Lionel Messi scored his eighth goal of the tournament to give his country their first FIFA World Cup title since 1986, their third overall, and filled in the last remaining spot in his trophy cabinet.”
EA did not reveal the final score of the match, but did confirm that France clinched third place. Not a bad result for Les Bleus.
FIFA 23 also predicted the top goal scorer of the tournament. Unsurprisingly, the game says Messi will take home the Golden Boot with 8 goals in 7 matches. Memphis Depay of The Netherlands and Kylian Mbappe take second and third place with 6 goals a piece. Interestingly enough, FIFA 23 is also predicting a big World Cup for American superstar Christian Pulisic, who scored 5 goals across 5 simulated matches, tying in goals with Brazil’s Richarlison and Vinicius Jr.
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Meanwhile, things were more complicated when selecting the best goalkeeper of Qatar 2022, but an Argentinian ultimately took the Golden Glove home, too: “There was a four-way tie for the Golden Glove between Rui Patrício of Portugal, Alisson of Brazil, Dominik Livaković of Croatia, and Emiliano Martínez of Argentina, but it was Martínez who picked up the award by virtue of progressing the furthest in the tournament.”
Finally, EA Sports also announced its prediction for the Team of the Tournament based on the stats after all 64 matches had been simulated. Unsurprisingly, it’s largely populated by players from Brazil and Argentina:
- Emiliano Martínez – ARG
- João Cancelo – POR
- Raphaël Varane – FRA
- Marquinhos – BRA
- Marcos Acuña – ARG
- Leandro Paredes – ARG
- Rodrigo de Paul – ARG
- Vinícius Jr – BRA
- Lionel Messi – ARG
- Kylian Mbappé – FRA
- Richarlison – BRA
Football fans looking to jump into the World Cup action early can do so now on FIFA 23, which just dropped its big World Cup update, bringing with it officially licensed online and offline World Cup tournament modes as well as new Ultimate Team cards and much more.
