Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé traded spectacular performances all summer long in a generational battle for the Golden Boot.
But in the end, the French superstar emerged victorious.
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Mbappé scored two goals and added an assist in France's 6-4 loss to England in the third-place game. With that, he finished with 10 goals to Messi's eight.
Going into Saturday's final, Messi needed to score three goals to secure the Golden Boot. Argentina fell 1-0 to Spain.
Mbappé now has the most goals in World Cup history (22) and becomes the first player ever to win the World Cup Golden Boot twice and the first back-to-back winner as well.
