Well, that was the final to end all finals. twoht does his best to digest the incredible World Cup victory for Lionel Messi and Argentina against Kylian Mbappe and France.
First, they had the momentum. Then they threw it away. Then they regained it. And then they threw it away again. At the end of an extraordinary World Cup final – surely the best since it could first be broadcast live around the world, 56 years ago – Argentina. They are imperfect but brilliant champions who didn’t seem to even understand the mental blocks that are supposed to afflict teams upon losing a lead in a high-pressure environment.
Even for all of this, few would have expected such an insipid display from France throughout the first half. There’d been talk of a virus going through their camp over the last couple of days, but it had been broadly assumed that it had been limited to Their defending for the second goal wasn’t a great deal better, though to focus on this would be unfair on the fluidity and foresightedness of Argentina’s attacking momentum. Messi, to Alvarez, to Mac Allister. So simple, so elegant and so sweeping, as the France defence were left completely flat-footed. Mac Allister’s cross-field pass found Di Maria, who scored with ease to just about put the game beyond France.half-time.
In the first case, it was low-key, handed to him on a plate by some bone-headed defending by Nicolas Otamendi, bringing down
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