A month of sleeplessness comes to its drowsy end with the World Cup final in Qatar, defending champion France versus the perennial underachievers of late, Argentina. | via philstarlife
A month of sleeplessness comes to its drowsy end with the World Cup final late Sunday, Dec. 18 in Qatar, defending champion France versus the perennial underachievers of late, Argentina.
Qatar time being five hours behind Manila has made for insomniac viewing since the tournament kicked off on Nov. 20. The group stage though had some early afternoon games in Doha, or early evening in Manila.
Eventually, Spain and Brazil fell by the wayside too, both via the dreaded penalty shootout to Morocco and Croatia, respectively. It was particularly harsh for Brazil, which has the most cups, with all-time great Pele watching their matches from the hospital bed. It wasn’t a less bitter exit for 2010 champions Spain, whose only remaining member of that squad, Sergio Busquets, captained a fairly young roster that started like a house on fire with a 7-1 whipping of Costa Rica.
As for the brawling quarterfinal between Argentina and the Netherlands, you have to see it to believe it. Everything but the kitchen sink was thrown leading to the shootout, with Argentine captain Messi observing that things happened on the pitch that shouldn’t have happened, recriminations and heckling and preening spilling over way past the final whistle.
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