London: Former English star Geoff Hurst expressed his happiness at the success of French striker Kylian Mbappe for becoming the second player to score three goals (hat-trick) in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 final.
The final match took place at the Lusail Stadium on December 18 and Argentina beat France in a penalty shoot-out (4-2) after the two teams drew (2-2) in normal time and (3-3) in extra time.
Hurst scored the only hat-trick in World Cup history 56 years ago, when England beat Germany (4-2) after extra time at the Wembley Stadium in the 1966 World Cup final.
Mbappe managed to score a hat-trick of his own during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 final to help his country equalize after being 0-2 down, and again then at (2-3), and force a penalty shootout, in which Argentina won.
Source: QNA
