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Daily Mirror
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Josh O'Brien

Kylian Mbappe told to prove he is better than Lionel Messi ahead of World Cup final

The stage is set for Sunday afternoon's World Cup final with scriptwriters everywhere salivating over the prospect of what is in store as Lionel Messi's Argentina face-off with a Kylian Mbappe -led France.

Arguably the two best players on the planet right now, indisputably the two best players of the tournament so far - the Paris Saint-Germain team-mates will leave everything on the pitch to ensure it is them lifting football's most-coveted trophy come the end of the game.

For Mbappe, it would mark a second World Cup on his CV by the age of 23 - an utterly absurd prospect until you remember just how supremely gifted the young Frenchman is.

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