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And so it comes to pass that Argentina and Lionel Messi are World Cup winners - a great 3-3 final, but sadly winning it in a pk competition! Mbappe scoring a historic "hat trick" and still picking up a loser's medal. Messi and Mbappe absolutely "lit up" this final with some great footie on display and the French lad who missed that "sitter" in the dying secs of ET will have nightmares - should've "roofed it" and given Martinez no chance to save it!! I think the future is still bright for France. They look like they have a new generation of impressive young footballers with Mbappe at the forefront of this team. Also there was definitely something not right with France for a significant part of this match up to the 80 min mark? Was it the reported bug/illness that affected a lot of the French players? Their energy levels and resolve not the same as in other matches until that "spark" of a pk goal after Otamendi stupidly committed that foul in his own pen box - a needless challenge on a player who wasn't gonna score! More info to follow re this issue methinks! Anyway, it doesn't matter - Argentina crowned World Champs in a great advert for footie!! From a footie perspective on these islands, I realise there is a long way to go after watching this level of footie performance and endeavour - lets not kid ourselves re the high quality and resolve that was witnessed today!!
And so it comes to pass that Argentina and Lionel Messi are World Cup winners - a great 3-3 final, but sadly winning it in a pk competition! Mbappe scoring a historic "hat trick" and still picking up a loser's medal. Messi and Mbappe absolutely "lit up" this final with some great footie on display and the French lad who missed that "sitter" in the dying secs of ET will have nightmares - should've "roofed it" and given Martinez no chance to save it!! I think the future is still bright for France. They look like they have a new generation of impressive young footballers with Mbappe at the forefront of this team. Also there was definitely something not right with France for a significant part of this match up to the 80 min mark? Was it the reported bug/illness that affected a lot of the French players? Their energy levels and resolve not the same as in other matches until that "spark" of a pk goal after Otamendi stupidly committed that foul in his own pen box - a needless challenge on a player who wasn't gonna score! More info to follow re this issue methinks! Anyway, it doesn't matter - Argentina crowned World Champs in a great advert for footie!! From a footie perspective on these islands, I realise there is a long way to go after watching this level of footie performance and endeavour - lets not kid ourselves re the high quality and resolve that was witnessed today!!