Liverpool’s Ibrahima Konate, along with his French teammates, missed out on lifting the 2022 World Cup.
Coming off a 4-2 loss on penalties against Argentina, Didier Deschamps’ Les Bleus fell just short.
Yet despite scoring a scintillating hat trick to keep his country in the same, Kylian Mbappe almost saw teammate Randal Kolo Muani steal the world’s headlines.
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The young striker found himself cleared on goal in the last minute of extra time and although he unleashed a decent effort, the Frenchman’s shot was saved by rival goalkeeper Emi Martinez.
Had Kolo Muani found the back of the net, Konate would have gotten a simply terrific assist.
Was Ibrahima Konaté robbed of this assist to win the World Cup?pic.twitter.com/ZRfirgZkjl
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