When France and Argentina take to the pitch in the World Cup final on Sunday, all eyes are expected to be on Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi, two of soccer’s best-known stars, who have played together for two seasons on Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, France’s top team.

The game starts at 10 a.m. ET at Lusail Stadium in Qatar.

This combination of file photos created on Dec. 16, 2022, shows France’s forward Kylian Mbappe in Al-Wakrah, south of Doha on Nov. 22, 2022; and Argentina’s forward Lionel Messi in Al-Rayyan, west of Doha on Dec. 3, 2022.

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Mbappé, 23, will play on Sunday for the French national team, the reigning World Cup champions, which won the tournament in Russia in 2018.

Messi, 35, who has played in Europe for most of his long career, will take the field for the South American challenger. It’s Messi’s fifth World Cup. He’s considered by many to be the best player currently playing — and perhaps the greatest of all time — but he has never won the World Cup.

“Final day for our two Parisians,” Paris Saint-Germain said on Twitter on Sunday. “We are proud of you.”

The French team on Sunday morning said the match will amount to a “face-to-face” competition between the four best strikers and top goal scorers in this year’s World Cup.

PHOTO: France's Kylian Mbappe during training at Al Sadd SC Stadium, Doha, Qatar, on Dec. 16, 2022.

France’s Kylian Mbappe during training at Al Sadd SC Stadium, Doha, Qatar, on Dec. 16, 2022.

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Mbappé and Messi have each scored five goals so far, while France’s Olivier Giroud and Argentina’s Julián Álvarez have both scored four.

A win for France on Sunday would place the team in the rarified category of having won consecutive World Cups, a feat not accomplished since Brazil’s back-to-back wins in 1958 and 1962. Mbappé was on the winning team four years ago.

PHOTO: Argentina's Lionel Messi takes part during a training session of Argentina's national team in Doha, Qatar, Dec. 17, 2022.

Argentina’s Lionel Messi takes part during a training session of Argentina’s national team in Doha, Qatar, Dec. 17, 2022.

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Argentina hasn’t taken home the World Cup trophy since 1986, when it toppled West Germany in Mexico. The team reached the finals in Brazil with Messi in 2014, but was beaten by Germany.

Messi said in October that the tournament in Qatar would be his last World Cup.

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