The Official World Cup Thread

[Skippyjack]

Glad for Messi, unbelievable final

 

[CygnusX1]

Messi 2 - 3 Mbappe

Messi 3 - 4 Mbappe

I know penalty shoot outs don’t count toward goals, but still. Amazing

 

[lidojack]

That is what football is all about.
Breathtaking game and an unbelievably emotional ending.

 

[TheLoneRanger]

Imagine scoring a hat trick in a World Cup Final, and end up on the losing side.

 

[TheLoneRanger]

In fairness, he hardly saw the ball, France were so lethargic. When he did, there were two men on him straight away.

Replacing Di Maria with a full back, took the pressure off France down their right hand side.

 

[Nocountryforoldjack]

Martinez the better keeper, great penalty stopper. God knows why Arsenal sold him, baffling.

 

[Marchamjack]

Well, anyone who said a World Cup in November/December was going to be crap could not have been more wrong.

Setting aside the politics of it all, this WC has been bloody brilliant from start to finish. Lost track literally of how many games I thought, well that’s over, and then the goals start going in again.

Immense. Fantastic. Awesome etc

Oh well…all about the Swans now

 

[J_B]

Martinez the better keeper, great penalty stopper. God knows why Arsenal sold him, baffling.

It’s interesting that no really big clubs were interested in him and, of course, Arsenal haven’t done badly since letting him go.

 

[Swansea93]

What a final that was, brilliant from start to finish.

 

[lidojack]

Word for the ref mind, managed the game perfectly.

 

[TheLoneRanger]

Seeing Sergio Aguero on the pitch at the end of the match reminded me that he married Maradona's daughter. They had a son Benjamin.

Benjamin's godfather is Lionel Messi.

No pressure if he plays football.

 

[bytholwyn]

As sports washing goes that was one hell of a rinse...

 

[JustJack]

As sports washing goes that was one hell of a rinse...

And after all that he wears a curtain to lift it.

 

[TheLoneRanger]

 

[J_B]

Whisper it quietly but maybe playing the World Cup mid season when players aren't knackered after a long domestic season is a good thing?