ARG v FRA - 2022 World Cup Final

[quoonbeatz]

Great final and a fitting finish with Messi completing his career haul. Nice to see the sportswashing continued right to the end making him wear that negligé to lift the trophy. Some good football from what I've seen but this will always be a world cup that should never have taken place when and where it did. **** FIFA.

[jrgbfc]

Hmm, yes, no doubt Infantino and Co will have p****d all their Qatari bung money up the wall on hookers, cocaine and booze by then.
Speaking of Infantino, was anyone else shouting at the tele ‘let go of the trophy you narcissistic tool’?

It sounds like the Saudis are serious about hosting it, and Infantino is very close with the Saudi prince.
I was too busy shouting at him that for the ridiculous suit and white trainers combo, especially a man of his age

[Chobulous]

It sounds like the Saudis are serious about hosting it, and Infantino is very close with the Saudi prince.
I was too busy shouting at him that for the ridiculous suit and white trainers combo, especially a man of his age

He’s a twot no doubt but not as bad as the fat git with ponytail and the tight suit, where the feck did they dig him up from.

[whalleyd]

Tbh, the final was fantastic, atmosphere was great for Morocco v France, Moroccan fans were superb

[Bin Ont Turf]

No doubt the SAS are on standby in Chile and there's a Sub in the South Atlantic.

We know what an entire country of giddy Argies are like.

No, I didn't watch it.

[Vegas Claret]

check the date of the tweet

[fidelcastro]

For every ounce of Argentinian skill there's a pound of diving, niggling fouls and injury feigning (ditto Brasil).

The general BBC Messi wa*kfest is embarrassing and thank goodness he's not at a bukaki party because he'd be blinded for life with these pundits.

Was very watchable, mind.

[Swizzlestick]

check the date of the tweet

Hardly a totally out there prediction considering he was already a superstar and Argentina captain.

[Vegas Claret]

Hardly a totally out there prediction considering he was already a superstar and Argentina captain.

they'd not won it since 1986

[Sproggy]

The BBC have declared it to be the best final ever.
Strange because the one I watched was shite for 80 minutes.

[RVclaret]

The BBC have declared it to be the best final ever.
Strange because the one I watched was shite for 80 minutes.

Really? Thought it was excellent. Argentina played some beautiful football and scored 2 cracking goals. Died down a touch at one stage in the second half but I enjoyed the tactical battle between the managers, with Deschamps subs making a massive difference.

[Swizzlestick]

they'd not won it since 1986

Yes but they didn’t have a Messi post Maradona for a number of years. They’re always up there as one of the favourites at the start of a tournament.

[ElectroClaret]

The BBC have declared it to be the best final ever.
Strange because the one I watched was shite for 80 minutes.

[martin_p]

check the date of the tweet

There’s millions of people predicting stuff on Twitter, some of them are bound to end up happening. And as others have said it was hardly the most outlandish prediction in the world.

[martin_p]

The BBC have declared it to be the best final ever.
Strange because the one I watched was shite for 80 minutes.

I fell asleep in the second half, woken up by the commentators getting excited that France had a penalty. That said the final is usually a big disappointment so even just for the last 15 minutes and extra time it qualifies as the best final. I’ve heard some call it the best World Cup game ever and that’s well wide of the mark.

[kentonclaret]

Expanding the number of countries taking part in the Finals to 48 will make it virtually impossible for the tournament ever to be hosted again by one country. It will almost certainly mean there being shared tournaments and bids. Thus talk of Saudi Arabia hosting the tournament alongside Egypt and Greece.

[Im_not_Robbie_Blake]

The BBC have declared it to be the best final ever.

The best final ever? In many ways it probably was. But for me the best final ever was in 1966 - I watched it in the window of a TV shop in Frodsham because we couldn't get back home from Wales in time so dad parked the land Rover in a street that had a shop selling TVs. Many people didn't have televisions then, but that shop window was full of them and they were all switched on (in black and white, of course) Guess who won? Magic.

[kentonclaret]

And Sir Geoff Hurst didn’t need 2 penalties to score a hat trick

[kentonclaret]

The BBC have declared it to be the best final ever.
Strange because the one I watched was shite for 80 minutes.

The BBC pundits making this statement weren’t even born in 1966 or were even old enough to have watched it. Have they gone back and watched every final before making that claim?

[Tribesmen]

And Sir Geoff Hurst didn’t need 2 penalties to score a hat trick

Yer but Mbappe's 3 goals all crossed over the line

[Lancasterclaret]

Yer but Mbappe's 3 goals all crossed over the line

Ally McCoist absolutely brilliant with his commentary on this

"First world cup final hatrick in which all three goals crossed the line"

Miles and miles and miles the best world cup final of my lifetime btw

[jrgbfc]

Expanding the number of countries taking part in the Finals to 48 will make it virtually impossible for the tournament ever to be hosted again by one country. It will almost certainly mean there being shared tournaments and bids. Thus talk of Saudi Arabia hosting the tournament alongside Egypt and Greece.

Some shared bids make perfect sense, i.e Spain and Portugal.
The Saudis hosting with Egypt and Greece seems a bit daft, but like Qatar the Saudis will throw enough brown envelopes at FIFA in order to make it happen.

[Devils_Advocate]

The BBC pundits making this statement weren’t even born in 1966 or were even old enough to have watched it. Have they gone back and watched every final before making that claim?

I've watched a fair bit of the '66 final and it was well boring and sh*te. The football back then was so slow I reckon you must have been starved of decent stuff to do in your free time to get excited about that rubbish. It took me about 4 sittings to get through it and even then I dozed off a few times.

[Vegas Claret]

Yes but they didn’t have a Messi post Maradona for a number of years. They’re always up there as one of the favourites at the start of a tournament.

Messi has played in 5 World Cups.......

[Swizzlestick]

Messi has played in 5 World Cups.......

So? He's picked one of the two possible World Cups that Argentina might win with Messi as captain from the time of that tweet. For all we know he might have posted the same tweet for the previous World Cup and just deleted it.

It's also hardly outlandish to say Messi would become the GOAT because he was already well on his way at that point. He's not even got his bloody age right.

[kentonclaret]

I've watched a fair bit of the '66 final and it was well boring and sh*te. The football back then was so slow I reckon you must have been starved of decent stuff to do in your free time to get excited about that rubbish. It took me about 4 sittings to get through it and even then I dozed off a few times.

You will never see England host and win a World Cup in your lifetime so thank heavens you won’t have to relive the experience all over again.

[bfcjg]

https://uk.yahoo.com/sports/news/why-li ... 25222.html
French are never happy

[ClaretCliff]

The most enjoyable thing during the final was seeing Macron with a face like a slapped ar*e.

[tiger76]

Didn't watch it, however you have to feel for Mbappe nagging a HT in a World Cup Final yet still being on the losing side.

He's now got 12 World Cup goals to his name and has just turned 24, if he plays in another couple of tournaments he'll be smashing records galore.