16 Conclusions on the World Cup final:
2) The champion. The Golden Boot winner with six goals. A scorer in every knockout tie. The Golden Ball winner as the tournament’s best player.
A teenaged Messi marked himself out as a budding genius with goals against Egypt, Colombia, Spain and Brazil at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. He then scored twice in the final to beat Nigeria, crown three weeks of dominance and match Maradona’s total tally in the same competition 26 years earlier.
There was no need to force a bias or pick a favourite. It is quite something to find yourself willing one team on to score before suddenly switching fluid allegiances as the other storms up the opposite end of the pitch. Screaming ‘go on’ as a player whose club team you’d only be guessing at skips through on goal. Reacting with genuine distress at a missed chance for a team whose matches you only watch a handful of times every couple of years.
A roar met the shrill of Szymon Marciniak’s opening whistle. Antoine Griezmann kicked off, playing the ball back to Aurelien Tchouameni. The France midfielder promptly hammered it out of play for a throw-in about midway into Argentina’s half. Argentina still needed quality on the ball to make that advantage count and while it was offered in abundance by most in white and sky blue, Angel Di Maria was imperious. Restoring him to the starting line-up was a risk which was rewarded with an incredible performance.
As is the case with most everything to do with the sport, this was considerably faster than its predecessor of more than five decades before. Touches were treated as more of a premium commodity: Nahuel Molina simultaneously controlled a high ball with a pass to Alexis Mac Allister, who clipped the ball around the corner to Messi. Argentina’s captain poked it out to Julian Alvarez and his through ball set Mac Allister free with only Kounde between him and Di Maria.
Belgique Dernières Nouvelles, Belgique Actualités
Similar News:Vous pouvez également lire des articles d'actualité similaires à celui-ci que nous avons collectés auprès d'autres sources d'information.
World Cup final: France v Argentina combined XI includes Messi, Mbappe as Giroud misses outParis Saint-Germain duo Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi unsurprisingly lead our combined Argentina - France XI ahead of the World Cup final.
Lire la suite »
Argentina win greatest game: Messi edges Mbappe in World Cup final with everythingWhile the debate over football’s greatest player will rumble on for all eternity, few could argue that we just witnessed the greatest game. Argentina beat France on penalties to win the 2022 …
Lire la suite »
Magical Messi, Mbappe makes history and Martinez the hero - World Cup final player ratingsThe big stars both delivered with Messi netting twice and Mbappe scoring a hat-trick as Argentina won their first World Cup since 1986
Lire la suite »
Noppert to Richarlison via Messi and Mbappe: One-per-country team of the 2022 World CupIt's team of the tournament time as the World Cup draws to a close, and this one's straightforward enough. Only one rule - you can't have two players from the same country.
Lire la suite »
Kylian Mbappe scores two goals in 97 seconds to turn World Cup final on its headKylian Mbappe somehow mustered up two goals in two minutes to lift a lifeless France back into the World Cup final. The Paris Saint-Germain striker now has THREE World Cup final goals at the age of…
Lire la suite »
French president Emmanuel Macron consoles Mbappe after World Cup final woeKylian Mbappe was consoled by French president Emmanuel Macron after Argentina prevailed in the World Cup final. The Paris Saint-Germain striker scored a hat-trick against the South American nation…
Lire la suite »