Sunday's game promises to be a proper final between two of world football's heavyweights.

But how did each team get there?

Here's a look at France and Argentina's journey in Qatar so far...

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France beat Morocco to set up Argentina final

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Didier Drogba
Former Ivory Coast striker on BBC One

France do have the advantage of being in the final and winning it four years ago. You know how to handle the pressure, you've been there, but they have new players and it will be new for them.

It might be the first time some of them have played against Lionel Messi as well. The pressure will be there.

This France team are very, very competitive, especially with Didier Deschamps as their manager. They want to win it back to back.

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Daryl: As an England fan, I've never supported a team that has knocked us out, and I've never supported Argentina after the 'Hand of God' goal, so choosing a side here is hell. Maybe I'll wrap some presents instead.

Julien Laurens
French football expert on BBC Radio 5 Live

It is a hard final to call. A lot of fans will want to see Lionel Messi, in his final World Cup game, to win it, finally, for the first time and the last time ever.

For us, back home in France, we would be only the third team in history to win it back to back, after Italy in the 1930s and Brazil in 1958 and 1962.

It would be an incredible achievement for us, so it is a difficult one for a lot of people even to just decide who to support.

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Argentina's Lionel Mbappe and France's Kylian Mbappe and Argentina's Lionel Messi lead the way in the race for the Golden Boot at the 2022 World Cup.

Both players have scored five goals so far in Qatar and have one more chance to improve their tallies when they meet in Sunday's final.

But can you name the 15 previous winners from 1966 onwards? You have four minutes. Good luck!

Have a go here

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The final is a four-way shootout for the Golden Boot.

Argentina's Lionel Messi and France's Kylian Mbappe have scored five each - and Messi leads Mbappe 3-2 on assists which is the tiebreak.

France's Olivier Giroud and Argentina's Julian Alvarez are on four goals each - and no assists. So they need to score twice really to have a chance.

That could change if somebody scores four goals in the third-place play-off but let's not worry about that for now.

See the top scorers list here.

Rio Ferdinand
Former England defender on BBC One

The stars are aligned [for Messi] for this tournament.

When the question is asked, 'who is the best Maradona or Messi?'

People say Messi has not won a World Cup but this could be his moment.

Danny Murphy
Former England midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

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For me, personally, Lionel Messi is the greatest, whether or not Argentina get over the line [against France on Sunday].

I think sometimes judging it on what trophies are won isn't fair.

The longevity of his career and the quality he has produced over 10, 12 or 15 years even has just been beyond what anyone else has ever done.

In Argentina, speaking to people like Pablo Zabaleta, what he is saying is the thing with Diego Maradona is that he did get them over the line in 1986.

I think it is fair to say that if they do get over the line on Sunday it will be because of Messi.

It is a similar team [to Argentina in 1986] - not many superstars, a great work ethic, lots of players putting it in and doing the fundamentals well. Messi is the one who keeps getting them over the line so I think in Argentina, especially, it will lift him to a status that Maradona has had for many years.

You can choose both of them in our team selector but if you had to only pick one, who would you go for?

Lionel Messi or Kylian Mbappe?

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Youth versus experience, the defending champions and the challengers.

Imagine having the master that is Lionel Messi and the young, already very exciting talent of Kylian Mbappe at your disposal. Well, now you have.

Do you dare leave one out? Perhaps another youngster, Julian Alvarez, has impressed you? Who will dominate your midfield? Then do you go for Hugo Lloris or Emiliano Martinez in goal?

Before Sunday's enticing final between Argentina and France, have a go at picking your combined XI and let us know your selection using #bbcfootball.

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Rio Ferdinand
Former England defender on BBC One

As good as France are, I think Lionel Messi and Argentina will be sat there licking their lips a little bit.

They will be thinking there are areas they can get at France, particularly down the left-hand area of their defence.

When France were run at they did panic a little bit and with Julian Alvarez and Messi dancing and wiggling around, it is going to be a great game.

So Argentina will face France in the World Cup final on Sunday. There are enough story lines to keep the headline writers happy for the next few days, but two questions seem to dominate:

• Who will you be supporting? Argentina or France?
• Which star will rise to the occasion? Lionel Messi or Kylian Mbappe?

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Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer in Doha

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France v Argentina - and Kylian Mbappe v Lionel Messi.

The Paris St Germain team-mates will be international adversaries on the sport's biggest stage.

The 23-year-old Frenchman is going for his second World Cup winner's medal, while the Argentine genius - 12 years his senior - has one last crack at winning the crown that would bolster his claims to be the greatest to have ever played the game.

Mbappe's status would be further cemented with successive triumphs, as France aim to become the second country to win consecutive World Cups, after Brazil did so in Sweden in 1958 and then in Chile four years later.

He was a scorer when France beat Croatia 4-2 in Moscow in 2018 and has the power to add to his tally now and in the future. Brazil legend Pele is the only man with three winner's medals. Only 21 men, including Pele, have won more than one. It opens up remarkable possibilities for the France forward.

For Messi, the context is different.

He is at the end of a career in which he has won everything the game has to offer - except for that single, significant gap in his honours collection: the biggest of all, the World Cup. This is now or never after he lost the 2014 final to Germany.

It is Messi's final World Cup game and Sunday is the day that could top it all, providing the perfect end to his story with Argentina. Anything else would feel despairing and hollow for the great sporting icon of his country.

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