FOOTBALL Announced favorite, Argentina won a World Cup that was promised to them. In the only possible way: with vice and talent
Messi and his guard du corps Paredes — CHINA NOUVELLE/SIPA
From our envoy; special in hell,
It was written. A little too much, will say the bad losers and other lovers of online petitions. Argentina on top of the world for the third time, 36 years after the epic of Maradona, carried by a Lionel Messi at the end of the road. The Last Dance, as they say in the orange balloon world. Not quite; fact, by the way. The Parisian didn’t take long; to announce at the microphone of Tyc Sports that, all things considered, he would prolong the adventure well, that good, the third star on the jersey was so difficult to pick it up, you might as well burn it out a bit before leaving.
“I want to continue playing for Argentina to honor the title of world champion. That’s the title I was missing and here it is. It’s crazy. He was made to wait. I can’t wait to go celebrate it at home to see the madness over there.”
Crowd bathing at; Doha among Argentines… and the Indians
La Pulga and his teammates have offered themselves a small sample of the fireworks that awaits them at La Pulga. Buenos Aires parading through the streets of Doha in the midst of a crowd of supporters. their cause. Another reason to believe in this World Cup was promised to them. Far ahead of the non-existent Qatari team and alongside of Morocco, Argentina played at residence. Still on Sunday, at; Lusail, three-quarters of the stands were Albiceleste in colour, and who knows how many enclosures would have had to be built to accommodate all the Argentinian supporters of Doha. And not just Argentinians. Tournament revelations Indian fans have had nothing but Messi’s name in their mouths for a month, adding a bit more weight to the game. support already massive, even at close to overdose.
Argentina have gone straight on a bus down Lusail Boulevard. pic.twitter.com/Upkgkf8qvt
— Simon Collings (@sr_collings)
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History will remember that everything could have ended badly, for Lionel Scaloni’s men, after a start to the season. upside down facing Saudi Arabia. Historic defeat and not in the good sense of the word. It’s yesterday. The Argentinian team, ashamed, at single file in the mixed zone. Not one to look at anything other than the carpet, especially not Di Maria, crouched behind Dibu Martinez to better avoid questions. A salutary fiasco, “which made us grow” Messi will say. “After ça, we had to” play five finals, everyone else will say. Practice before playing the real one. With a scenario already perfectly worked in the quarter-finals against the Netherlands. Leading 2-0, being caught at the buzzer and then winning on penalties by being detestable. Worked in the laboratory by professionals.
Win dirty, Argentinian DNA
By setting aside quiet success against the Croats, the Argentinians did not have an easy game. Everything has been grinta, suffering and “ cunning” to paraphrase Deschamps. Their campaign will have been a beautiful tribute to; the idea that we have had of this team since the hand of God in 1986: a clever mix of vice and talent at its best. drive you nuts. We have a summer time. affected by the “winning dirty” of these types carrying on their shoulders the hopes of a people at the gates of fanaticism and ready to everything to make them a reality. Also amused: Messi as a bad boy against Van Gaal, Leandro Paredes or De Paul as eternal shit-fuckers, Martinez who eats the brains of the Oranje, entertainment level, çit is there.
After the final, everything changed. No French bad faith. Finally if, probably a little, the same which makes us say that the Albiceleste obtained three times too many penalties throughout the tournament, counting that of Sunday. But there was too much rudeness, and not enough Coubertin spirit in the way of welcoming the third star. And it’s all the more infuriating that Deschamps, Varane and Lloris, all three congratulated Argentina for their final victory “without looking for excuses” Not that Dibu Martinez took pity on him. of our Blues in the mixed zone.
“We controlled the game and they equalized. with two shitty shots, swung; the strange Albiceleste goalkeeper in the mixed zone. It’s our destiny to suffer because we scored. the goal of 3-2, then the referee gave them another penalty.” Hospital and charity, you know the song.
Mbappé whistled until the end
If again, it was only ça. The infernal Aston Villa goalkeeper, whose IQ is probably equal to the number of stars on the shirt of his national team, split with an obscene gesture in worldview at the time of receive his best goalkeeper trophy. Moment chosen to remind us that Diego Simeone, who once made the same gesture in front of the camera, is also Argentinian. Logical lineage. In short, to close the Martinez chapter, know that this genius claimed to his partners in the locker room a minute of silence for Kylian Mbappé. The same who had just planted a hat-trick on him, with an extra pinch during the penalty shootout. The base at its climax.
The prize for bullshit unfortunately goes to the Argentinian supporters. The latter could not help whistling Mbappé to death at the moment when the Blues striker dragged out his sentence on the podium to recover a top scorer trophy which he thwarted. Argentina could have risen by the leniency of their applause, they lowered themselves to childishness of his boos. That they would celebrate the World Cup in the wrong spirit & this was also written.