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Morocco made history as the first African team to reach the semifinal of the World Cup. Now I want Croatia vs Morocco as final.

Don't know why any club should pay even 5 million for Gvardiol, that "defending" is hilarious. If Messi (great penalty again, seems to be his main quality nowadays) can push you away like a schoolboy, then you should play women's football. I don't know if any team (except for us in 2002) ever had such an easy way to the final.
Since FIFA can't have Messi vs Ronaldo in the final I already assure you what country will have the referee on it's side (spoiler: It's neither France or Morocco)..
Edit: And the most annoying thing about that Argentina side. If they win, Messi gets the praise, not the guys who worked their ass of for him. If Argentina loses, then Messi will be the poor guy with the bad team mates again

Gvardiol should've held a press conference right there on the field to accounce his retirement after that last goal

Maybe it's time to restore Messi's legacy. What he has done so far is inconceivable. Croatia was so jarring. They came too far only to ruin the party, like they did back in 2018. Didn't show up at the final back then and now eliminated the best team in a controversial manner. Argentina against Brazil would be the ultimate clash. Hopefully France gets the job tomorrow, sorry for the Marrakech warriors, but they better don't resist at all.

Morocco are just incredible, usually with these underdog teams they have just one area they excel in and that carries them, but they really look like an elite team both with and without the ball. That combination of skill and determination is just so great to watch. It's a shame we didn't get to see them at full strength for this game, but even then they really made France uncomfortable for large parts of the game. If they had more talent in the CF position then they really could have caused an upset here. Definitely the strongest African team I've ever seen at the World Cup and I hope they can get 3rd.

Griezmann was unbelievable today, IMO he's been just as great and important as Mbappé this tournament. BTW, what's your guys team of the tournament? Mine looks something like this:


IMO Theo hasn't been too great (he was awful against England and had some trouble against Morocco too) but I can't think of any other left backs that stood out too much. I'd also consider Bruno Fernandes on the same level as Ounahi and Bellingham, he had an excellent tournament. The player that surprised me the most was Mohamed Kanno, he was so fun to watch. 196cm but he was like a ballerina when he had the ball, he was so elegant. Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Japan have easily been my favourite teams to watch this tournament. I hope in the future we see more teams like this from Africa and Asia.

I think the left-back who has performed the best is Davies but it would be difficult to get him into the team of the tournament. As for the rest I would tend to agree, I'm no fan of Maguire but he was outstanding. Other than him I'd put forward Saiss or Otamendi but nobody stands out too much for me



This is my pick, very similar but I can't ignore Modrić. To be running the midfield all the way to the semi's as a 37 year old is just outstanding. Otamendi has surprised me as well hes been solid all through.

I have the same issues with Theo, this has been a weak WC concerning the LB position..

Happy birthday Stuart

Thanks mate

Di Maria saving Messi and his country again. One thing I already bet is that FIFA will still give MOTM award to Messi later - just because WC/Golden Ball are not enough for their marketing reasons.
Anyway, outstanding performance by Argentina as a team - unlike France who play like amateurs. Even Pavard in his current form would have been better than Koundé and Dembele was pathetic as well.
What is clean though: Argentina won't win this cup because of a maradonaesque performance by Messi, they'll win it because of their fantastic fighting attitude.

what?

We're so lucky, greatest WC final ever.

Absolutely.

The GOAT.

Imagine scoring a hattrick in a World Cup final and still losing.