Luis Diaz was the only Colombian in the team of the tournament, alongside four Argentines (Emiliano Martinez, Cristian Romero, Rodrigo De Paul, and Lionel Messi) and three Brazilians (Casemiro, Marquinhos and Neymar).
IMAGES from UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday
A summary of Saturday's action in the English Premier League.
Colombian super-sub Jhon Duran scored two late goals as Aston Villa salvaged a 3-3 home draw with Liverpool.
The stadium erupted in cheers once more with Fernandez's late strike which sealed Argentina's first win in the tournament and rekindled Messi's hopes of a first-ever World Cup title.
Argentine, somehow, were ready for an emotional, nail-biting encounter, having already gone through a dress rehearsal in the same stadium against the Netherlands in the quarter-finals.
IMAGES from the Premier League matches played on Saturday
Manchester City clinched a 1-0 victory at Tottenham Hotspur, while Chelsea were held to a 0-0 draw at home by Aston Villa.
Argentina have called up Mallorca's Spanish defender Pablo Maffeo for the first time ahead of this month's World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil in the squad announced by its FA on Friday.
Aston Villa claimed their first three points of the Premier League Season
'I will talk to him next week about some of his celebrations'
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the emir of Qatar and PSG's owner, was a happy man as he enveloped PSG players Messi, Mbappe and Angel Di Maria with a warm hug.
Earlier, Messi's World Cup-winning team mate Emiliano Martinez won the Lev Yashin award for the world's best goalkeeper.
Argentina dominated the opening stages and earned the penalty when Di Maria was fouled by Ousmane Dembele, with Messi sending France keeper Hugo Lloris the wrong way to move to the top of the goalscoring charts in Qatar.
Lionel Messi has surpassed Diego Maradona as the greatest player of all time, Argentina's World Cup winning coach Lionel Scaloni said.
'I hope Lionel Messi gets a little percentage of the shirt sales because I've never seen so many Argentine number 10 shirts in my life!'
Chelsea outplay Villa in FA Cup
IMAGES from the Premier League matches played on Wednesday.
"What's important for me is to give the best of myself for my club, and we're looking forward for Leo (Messi) to return to continue scoring and winning matches."
Manchester United's Alejandro Garnacho scored with a magical overhead kick in the third minute to send the visitors on their way to a 3-0 victory over an Everton team already reeling in their first Premier League game after being docked 10 points.
Lionel Messi, so often the key man for Argentina, paid tribute to Martinez.
Argentina overcame its Copa America penalty shootout demons
Messi named FIFA player of 2022, England women rewarded for Euro campaign
Summary of the Europa League semi-final matches played on Thursday.
Roberto Firmino scored twice as Liverpool boosted their hopes of Champions League football next season
Many flocked to Buenos Aires's tattoo parlors to commission designs depicting Lionel Messi.
IMAGES from the FIFA World Cup quarter-final played between Argentina and The Netherlands on Friday.
Real Madrid's Karim Benzema, who won the 2022 Ballon d'Or award, is also in the shortlist.
The comparison with Maradona for the title of the greatest Argentine player of all time cannot be complete without a world title, which the late Maradona won almost single-handedly 36 years ago.
Bukayo Saka scored either side of halftime as Arsenal crushed second-bottom Burnley 5-0.
Photos from the football matches played on Sunday.
The number of assists is used as a tiebreaker to separate players who are level on goals scored. If they are tied on both counts, the winner is decided by who played the fewest minutes.
A summary of Sunday's action in the Premier League.
Argentina look set to keep Julian Alvarez in attack for Sunday's World Cup final
Arsenal dominated the opening period in the Villa Park sunshine.
Arsenal reopened their London Colney training ground to first team players for individual training on Monday as the English Premier League club continued to observe social distancing protocols amid the coronavirus pandemic. France striker Alexandre Lacazette, Brazil defender David Luiz and Switzerland midfielder Granit Xhaka were seen arriving at the facility, which is situated 20 miles north of London.
IMAGES from the FIFA World Cup semi-final between Argentina and Croatia played at Lusail Stadium on Tuesday.
A World Cup qualifier between Argentina and Brazil was suspended amid farcical scenes on Sunday after Brazilian health authorities accused a number of Premier League players of violating the country's COVID-19 quarantine rules.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday
Leeds United's Premier League relegation fears heightened as they slipped to a 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa on Friday, leaving Jesse Marsch's side without a win in their last seven games in all competitions.
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