The World Cup final is almost always the biggest game in the football calendar regardless of what teams are playing, but for the world's press Sunday afternoon's clash has received special billing.
Argentina will take on France at the Lusail Stadium, and although there will be 22 hugely gifted players on show and several key battle, the showdown between Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe will surely take centre stage.
France did meet Argentina back in 2018 in Russia with Mbappe inspiring a French win, but Albiceleste coach Leo Scaloni could spring a surprise for Didier Deschamps and Co.
Both players have excelled in Qatar and are tied at the top of the goalscoring charts with five - although Messi is also joint-top of the playmaker standings with a further three assists.
And media outlets around the world have wasted no time in shining a light firmly on the upcoming battle, which promises to pit arguable the two leading players in the world right now against on another.
For Messi it represents potentially his last chance to add that all important World Cup winners medal to the most glittering of trophy cabinets the game has ever seen, and the opportunity to finally put any doubt to bed that he belongs alongside the likes of Pele and Diego Maradona as a football immortal.
But in the case of Mbappe, Sunday's final could see him walk away with a second World Cup before his 24th birthday, having lifted the trophy in Russia four years ago.
Perhaps playing on the gravity of the occasion, L'Equipe led with the headline 'Pour Eternite', or 'For Eternity', accompanied by a graphic of both players kissing the iconic trophy.
There is a ring of truth to the notorious French outlet's title, with the winner of the tournament engraving their name firmly into history, although there is an argument that by the end of both their careers they will have written themselves inextricably into the fabric of football.
And in a similar vein, Spanish paper Sport and Italian daily Quotidiano Sportivo are calling the clash 'A date with history' ('Cita Con La Historia' in Spanish, and 'Appuntamento Con La Storia' in Italian).
Other publications from Spain have seen the final in a different light, with Marca leading off the battle for a third star.
The winner of each World Cup traditionally has a star stitched onto their jerseys above their badge, and both sides winning the tournament twice before - Argentina in 1978 and 1986, and France in 1998 and 2018.
Their headline in Sunday's edition is 'Una Final Tres Estrellas', or 'One Final, Three Stars'.
For Diario AS, though, the final takes on a more important complexion and is being billed as the battle for outright royalty, with the headline 'solo Habra Un Rey', or 'There Will Only Be One King'.
There is a sense of finality though in Italy from both Corriere dello Sport and La Gazetta Sportiva.
The former have called the encounter 'L'Ultimo tango di Leo', or 'Leo's Last Tango', with the Argentine skipper confirming ahead of the game that this will be his final World Cup tournament for the Albiceleste.
And the latter have gone with 'Il Finimondo', or 'The End Of The World' over a graphic of both stars holding up the globe.
The world will keep on turning irrespective of the result in Qatar, but for both players there is plenty on the line, with La Gazetta claiming that Mbappe is walking 'in the footsteps of Pele' if he can win a second World Cup at 23.
However for Dutch outlet Sportwereld, it is not the French star forward that Messi will have to contend with out there in Qatar.
The 35-year-old has been compared with the great Maradona since the moment he could lace his boots, and the one thing separating the two in many critics' eyes is a World Cup title.
The Dutch paper has led with the headline, 'Kan Hij Het Ook?', or 'Can He Do It Too?', with a side-by-side image of the pair on their front cover.
No matter what he achieves on the field, or however many Ballon d'Or awards he wins, he has always been criticised for not replicating his exploit on the international stage.
He quietened many of those critics with success in the 2021 Copa America, but defeat against Les Bleus could reopen that debate - rightly or wrongly - once again.
He will never escape the legacy of the 1986 World Cup winner, and Messi himself will be the first to venerate 'Don Diego', but he can at least match his country's hero with success on Sunday.
The PSG forward will undoubtedly be carrying the expectations of a generation of football fans with him, and his country's media have certainly made that clear.
Argentinian outlet Clarin have run with 'Messi y la Seleccion, Por El Eueno de Todos', or 'Messi And The Team, For The Dreams Of All', naturally leading off their national hero.
But Brazilian outlet Correio do Povo have repeated the calls from Europe that it is very much a battle between two of the key figures in world football, claiming 'Argentina and France battle through Messi and Mbappe for a third title'.
The rivalry between the Albiceleste and the Selecao for footballing dominance in south America is infamous, but it seems that Brazilian media have put that to bed to focus on today's final.