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2018 World Cup Final: France v Croatia
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OverratedSanity
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Fun game. Excellent world Cup.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
He was probably exhausted from those repeated sprints to the edge of the six yard box during the penalty shoot-outs.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Colleague (who is from Cameroon) of mine on Twitter posting angsty tweets saying that it's not really France who won the world cup, but Africa, given the make up of the French squad.
This has trouble written all over it, so I am not going to reply. Seems like a bit of a race bait, but is this in any way a fair claim? I mean, as far as I can see the only player not born in France on show display today was Umtiti.
This has trouble written all over it, so I am not going to reply. Seems like a bit of a race bait, but is this in any way a fair claim? I mean, as far as I can see the only player not born in France on show display today was Umtiti.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
I was happy to see them lose due to the massive chips on shoulders after the England match.
But you put it way better than me.
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Furball
Evil Scotsman
Nope.
One of the reasons that African sides will never win a World Cup is because of the crushing poverty prevalent in the continent. Had Pogba, Varane etc grown up in Africa, the poverty they would likely have experienced would have meant they would likely have grown up undernourished and failed to reach their full potential.
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
Congrats France. Thought this match might need an early Croatia goal to open up, but instead France scored and it was still very open and entertaining.
Great tournament even if match times were terrible and I didn't watch as much of the knockout phase as I'd have liked.
Great tournament even if match times were terrible and I didn't watch as much of the knockout phase as I'd have liked.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Accurate.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
I mean if the vast majority of the squad was born in France, I don't see how that's fair at all.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
I just can't get over how good Mbappe is. I'm so jealous.
Xuhaib
International Coach
will be the best player in the world within next 2 seasons. Unlike Ronaldo/Messi he does not need to prove it for his country now by wining a world cup as that is out of the way early. Has a serious shot at winning 3 world cups like Pele givin France embarrassment of riches.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Yeah that's what I thought. But tempting as it is, I'm not going to get involved.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Umtiti wasn't, but he grew up in France from the age of 2.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Going back to Mbappe, I can't help thinking that some of the stuff I've read lately has massively overstated his contribution. Yes he's very fast, but so are a lot of people. And apart from the Argentina match, he hasn't exactly dominated proceedings. He may well go on to be an ATG, and I hope that he does, but several journalists seem a bit too quick with the coronation imo.