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In the end,Morocco got what they deserved, which was nothing. France defended those balls into the box-which were good- adroitly and got their second after a sustained spell of pressure much as they did Vs England. Critically their goalkeeper pulled off saves at key which Bono could not.

Fine margins, After Boufal got booked at snarled about it I did think they were going to collapse but France missed a host of chances thereafter. Had it been 2-0 at the break I don't think it would have made much difference. Morocco would have come on in the same old way and France would batted them away in the same old way.


Morocco didn't collapse not anything close to it but they had a sort of predictability about them that relief on them getting breaks. Once the breaks dried up they really had no answer beyond more of the same intense attacking that always seemed one bad decision away from ending up in a blind alley. Always a touch too much or a refusal to shoot.

Now for the controversial stuff:- I don't regard the Moroccans as having anything really to do with African football.....any more than I'd regard the English as some bastion of European football. Whole thing is a political talking point which doesn't take any real footballing matters into account.

 

I wonder what the odds went to for Argentina winning the final after losing their opener to the Saudis.

 

I wonder if saudis will claim to be linear world champions

 

Graeme Souness with a tackle SO bad it forced a reluctant Willie Waddle to send off a Rangers player in an Old Firm. Two footed vs a man socks, what a mustache twirling villain

https://twitter.com/tirnaog_09/status/1603283729027325954?s=20&t=hWHlrA6Zxr6b_YXHB9CFVA

 

They should make the champions defend their title like two times a year or something...

Argentina vs Saudi 2 !!

It would be like The Tyson Douglas 2 fight that never happened.

 

Don't give FIFA any ideas. They'd advertise it as a "revenge match" and try to get into the PPV business.

 

Counting down the hours to the big one this weekend. The one folk around the world have been waiting for and probably somebody on the space station, too: the return of THE CELTIC FOOTBALL CLUB.

 

ENOUGH of this WC bullshit.

Get back to the Premier League. I'm having withdrawals. I miss seeing my boys lose every weekend!

 

Rangers' defence, man. Lucky not to lose this 6-3

 

What's this club World Cup bullshit?

 

The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has been held every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War.

The format involves a qualification phase, which takes place over the preceding three years, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase. In the tournament phase, 32 teams compete for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over about a month. The host nation(s) automatically qualify.

 

The CLUB World Cup

 

FIFA also announced a women's Club World Cup and a new friendly tournament known as the "FIFA World Series" which is designed to allow "teams from different confederations to play each other" in the March international window in even years, while the September and October international windows will be merged to form one, four-game period.

The organisation posted revenues of $7.5 billion and is projecting growth to $11bn as Infantino looks ahead to a new four-year cycle which will climax with the 2026 World Cup in North America.

"We are convinced about the power of football," Infantino added. "We are convinced that football will become the number one sport in North America. Maybe the number two to start with and then with time... but we are convinced of the power of our game. The more revenue we generate, the more we can reinvest in the game.

Right, reinvest in the um game. Maybe also take a little cut for themselves?

Just all that love for the sport.

This is like a Walmart opening in some town claiming they're doing it because they have passion for bringing low low prices to consumers. "Investment". "Growth".

Greedy pigs that should be slaughtered.

 

They are doing a men's one too. I think it involves clubs, not countries. Big time cash grab.

 

They already have the world club championship or whatever the fuck it's called. With the champions of each continent except Antarctica.

 

Usually not a big fan of set piece goals but Croatia's opener today was pretty sweet.

 

Messi needs to deliver big time today or Argentina lose.

 

Good start by Argentina.

 

DiMaria causing all types of problems on the left hand side.

 

Argentina dominating possession thus far.

 

Clumsy but for me that's not a pen. Although technically there was contact.

 

You called it. Not the most consistent player but when he's on his game he's excellent.

 

Looks like FIFA already decided on forcing the storybook ending for Messi.

 

Dived

 

De Paul I could see being a liability for Argentina. Too fired up and being a bit reckless out there.

 

Lee Dixon needs to STFU up now about the penalty

 

Agreed. Him and Macalltster

 

No VAR check on the penalty. It's obvious what they are doing.