World Cup 2022 - Team and Match Discussion

The winner of tomorrow’s game will be only the fourth country to win 3 tournaments, Germany and Italy have won four and Brazil five.

The rule used to be that after 3 wins you kept the trophy outright but this was changed after Brazil won the Jules Rimet trophy in 1970 and a new trophy was introduced. The winners now keep a gold plated bronze replica.

The current trophy will be changed in 2042 as the plaque at the bottom is designed for 17 winners from 1974 until 2038.

So with Perisic winning Bronze today and Lloris and Romero playing tomorrow Spurs will have a Gold,Silver and Bronze winner in their squad. Has this happened before?

Stephen Kelly was joking about that earlier, no English men from spurs getting medals, says he.

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Ya he was at Milan till 01 I read that wrong earlier.

Leonardo was in the Brazilian squad and at AC Milan in '98

Totally agree. What a player, but perhaps was around at a time when so many others were just hyped and marketed better.

Reus another great player. Loved watching him play over the years.

Gareth staying on at the FA until after the Euros.

Suits both parties I suppose, a relative safe pair of hands for the FA from a commercial POV, and he's not going to get any tip EPL gigs instead. Euros only 18 or so months away, so no point the FA rocking the boat, but another Semi final loss incoming once they meet their first inform team.

Can see the final going into extra time.

If we don't get a winner there, it will be France on pen's for me.

I wonder how Lionels old legs are today? Will he have the energy to go the whole way through an intense 90 or 120 mins? At his age he has to be feeling it at this stage.

All England gathered in this tournament is a new neurosis about penalties

Plenty of support outside the tabloids though.

Unless the manager has a complete disaster I think the question should really be about how good the possible replacement is rather than the current manager. I haven't seen a credible name mentioned who can do better.

That is why I am shouting for Messi - it would be some achievement if he can drag/inspire that Argentina team to a win. Plus it would put to be the Maradona or Messi debate once and for all, as they said on radio earlier this morning.

If France win it they will go down as one of the all time great WC teams. Funny thing is if Benezma was not injured would they have got this far? As it meant Giroud would not have been starting.