FIFA World Cup 2022
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Well deserved win for Argentina. France looked off all game.
Messi has finished the GOAT argument once and for all
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@Billy-Tell said in FIFA World Cup 2022:
That was a decent effort. Messi was the star. Don’t think Argentina are taking home the trophy. Will this be a kiss of death comment…?
Yes it will be.
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@sparky said in FIFA World Cup 2022:
Mbappe with a penalty. 3-3. Hat trick in a World Cup final matching Sir Geoff Hurst.
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Brilliant finale to a tremendous tournament
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Argentina certainly deserved that victory but the drama was really enjoyable. They completely smothered France in the first half, never gave them any space and time on the ball and were slick with the ball. Di Maria couldn't be controlled by the French right side. Second half, France began to at least get some possession but until Otamendi did what Otamendi does you couldn't really see them scoring - and then the equaliser was just a superbly worked goal.
Extra time was much better than most of them as both teams tried to get a winner instead of sitting back. Nice move for the Messi goal. Even with a minute to go both teams have good chances to win it.
Always felt Argentina would win a shoot-out and Martinez is a good penalty stopper - he dives up and forwards and is hard to get past he he guesses the right way.
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@Mackerzzzz said in FIFA World Cup 2022:
Messi has finished the GOAT argument once and for all
Of the modern generation without a doubt but of all time. Yaeh, nah.
Ignoring all the well documented host issues, a great tournament, despite, (because of?), the absence of a single great team.
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@dogmeat said in FIFA World Cup 2022:
@Mackerzzzz said in FIFA World Cup 2022:
Messi has finished the GOAT argument once and for all
Of the modern generation without a doubt but of all time. Yaeh, nah.
Ignoring all the well documented host issues, a great tournament, despite, (because of?), the absence of a single great team.
That could fill up the time until Christmas arguing about the football GOAT. Maradona at his peak was greater than Messi but his peak was relatively short compared to Messi. Pele is in the conversation as well - who else would you put forward?
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Positive things about this World Cup.
Great support for certain non-European teams.
Generally very entertaining football and lots of drama.
Enough upsets to be fun but 2 good teams in the final.
Absence of crowd trouble (linked to absence of Europeans and alcohol).Negative things from watching it on TV in NZ.
BeiN coverage. Keys/Gray and their mates are awful. Peter Drury.
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@KiwiPie I agree with @broughie - impossible to compare across eras. Some of the goals scored in this era would never have been scored even 20 years ago because the attacking player would have been hacked down.
On the other hand modern players are fitter and faster and teams generally have more sophisticated tactics. 2-3-5 anyone?
Messi has the record for this era, but Pele and Maradona have to be in the same pantheon. Cruyff maybe Si stefano?
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Superb tournament in the end.
They aren’t without issue but they way Qatar completely ignored all the virtue signaling bullshit and dealt harshly with the actual activists is a lesson to us all.
Alcohol free around the stadiums is the benchmark. Brilliant fans, atmosphere without trouble.
And the final so much better than any scripted drama. Phenomenal.
Messi’s tournament.
