World Cup 2022 - Team and Match Discussion

Brian? · 18-12-2022 07:10PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120011447#Comment_120011447

Agreed. Absolute pony.

BorneTobyWilde · 18-12-2022 07:10PM

https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/1604539157530959875

She's a Mbappe fan, and did watch the game, in Paris.

18-12-2022 07:11PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120011470#Comment_120011470

So bizarre, new generation of fans don’t even support teams but individuals!

Agent Coulson · 18-12-2022 07:12PM

Messi now going to get his 8th Ballon d’Or next year no doubt even if he doesn't play another game again this season.

Drumpot · 18-12-2022 07:13PM

Best final I’ve ever seen , what a game.

Happy for messi, none of the ego, proper Goat.

breezy1985 · 18-12-2022 07:14PM

Went in full on for France but by the end I didn't care who won. What an absolute belter of a final.

Don't like the Argentinian team but love their fans and can't begrudge them after a 36 year wait. Especially as a Limerick hurling fan.

breezy1985 · 18-12-2022 07:15PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120011350#Comment_120011350

Such a pity because he would be a neutral hero if he wasn't such a cnt after every penalty.

earthwormjack · 18-12-2022 07:17PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120011492#Comment_120011492

To be fair to him he's been brilliant for psg so far this year too. It's deserved if he does get it.

gormdubhgorm · 18-12-2022 07:19PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120011416#Comment_120011416

That is part of the Argentine culture though. Alexis MacAllister's auld fella (Carlos) said he did make the cut under Valdano because he was too nice.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/dec/12/the-mac-allister-family-friends-with-maradona-to-a-world-cup-with-messi

"Mac Allister’s competitive appearances for Argentina were limited to the playoff against Australia that qualified them for the 1994 World Cup. story goes he was left out after kicking Ariel Ortega in a Boca-River clásico. “No, the opposite!” he protests. “It was because I didn’t kick him. I should have buried him. I didn’t play well, although I don’t think a decision was made based on one game. [Jorge] Valdano said every player needs a small quota of criminality inside and that day of all days I didn’t."

HalloweenJack · 18-12-2022 07:21PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120011440#Comment_120011440

So you like cynical tackles, time-wasting, playacting, winding-up opponents and all the obnoxious shithousery that several Argentinians got up to and think that's the right way to play? Now I get why the ref was good in your eyes. *Thumbs up*

sligeach · 18-12-2022 07:22PM

I don't know who will cry more tonight and beyond, Cristiano Ronaldo or some people in here. Well done Argentina. They were the better team. Fair play to France, they belatedly made it a great spectacle.

gormdubhgorm · 18-12-2022 07:22PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120011501#Comment_120011501

I thought you would have preferred the moral victory type loss in that case! 😉

The_Kew_Tour · 18-12-2022 07:22PM

Well done to Argentina.

Super final.

ctrl-alt-delete · 18-12-2022 07:24PM

Infantino Like Vince McMahon and his wrestlers walking out here

Mr.Nice Guy · 18-12-2022 07:24PM

My final team of the tournament (4-3-3):

G) Martinez (Argentina)

RB) Hakimi (Morocco)

CB) Varane (France), Gvardiol (Croatia)

LB) Tagliafico (Argentina)

CM) Modric (Croatia)

DM) Amrabat (Morocco)

CM) Mac Allister (Argentina)

RW) Messi (Argentina)

ST) Alvarez (Argentina)

LW) Mbappe (France)

Heading into the final, I would have had Griezmann, Hernandez and Giroud as locks for the side but I can't have them in on the basis of their final displays. Not crazy about Tagliafico at LB but the standard of LBs has been pretty poor imo. Maybe Sosa of Croatia could have made it. Honourable mentions for Ounahi and Kovacic who were very good in midfield, while Saiss and Aguerd were solid at the back when fit. Forgot about Fernandez; he was vital for Argentina when he came into the side.

Brian? · 18-12-2022 07:27PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120011532#Comment_120011532

I think they’re great. I don’t actually care about the play acting and so on, once they don’t get away with it.

I think the red was great because he didn’t let them away with it. I don’t think they were anywhere near as bad with the nonsense as people make them out to be, but the ref really kept them in line tonight.