"It was almost a boxing match" – Lloris congratulates Argentina

Mbappe became the second player to score a hattrick in a World Cup final after England's Geoff Hurst in 1966. However, that wasn’t enough to defend the World Cup trophy for the

as they passed the title to Argentina in a thrilling game that saw six goals during 120 minutes.

Being asked whether he's preparing for retirement, the 35-year-old goalkeeper told

:

"Now is not the time to answer those questions.

"It's a painful night for all the players, the staff, the management, and all the supporters, even if we achieved great things.

"It has to be an experiment for the future. It will take a little time for everyone to digest it."

On the match and its outcome,

added:

"We were too reactive. It was almost a boxing match, we surrendered blow for blow. The only regret we can have is that we may have missed our first half.

"Despite that, we didn't give up, we believed in it until the end. It took a winner, it was played on penalties.

"It's always cruel to be on the wrong side. But we will have given everything from beginning to end in this competition. We come out empty, it's been almost a month of competition.

"In this final, we could have dropped at 0-2 but we continued to believe until the end, we were able to turn the game around. It's football.

"We must congratulate the Argentines who made a great tournament, a great final. The match could have swung either way, but we were too reactive."

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