Has a disaster been averted by England losing to France? Lionel Messi would destroy this England side, who are managed by Mr Average it seems.
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Disaster averted
It could have been Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez running on Harry Maguire and John Stones in the World Cup Final.
What’s the phrase I’m looking for? Be thankful for small mercies? Or just Merci?
Terry, Texas
Messi business
After Messi sent Gvardiol for a bagel while providing an assist for Alvarez’ second goal, is it true that the defender’s value has diminished by half?
Gitonga
They have now
Why do I just know the words Petr Cech and Luis Garcia will make an airing in today’s mailbox.
Lee (looking forward to the final already) Hornsey
How good are World Cups though?
How good are international tournaments, especially World Cups? I was proper looking forward to the game between Argentina and Croatia tonight. I haven’t looked forward to watching a Premier League, or Champions League, and DEFINITELY not a poxy League One game (Charlton fan), in so long that I’d forgotten what it felt like. My football whatsapp chat has been pinging non stop for a month, with everyone loving it. Slightly annoying actually. But during the season, it’ll be once every 2 months when someone wins an accumulator.
International tournaments are so special. For all the talk of Champions League being the pinnacle now, and the globalisation of football meaning there are no surprises anymore, well, every time these tournaments roll round that is quashed. The styles – Netherlands just battering ramming their way to those late goals against Argentina; Morocco absolutely smashing and grabbing their way past the big boys; Spain with the passing exhibitions; the counter attacks, the class, the mistakes, the chaos, the colour, everything. Yes, the Champions League and the Prem has the money and everyone plays lovely anaemic football resulting in exactly the same teams at the latter stages every 9 months. I have found for a long time now it difficult to get excited about this. There is nothing like what we are watching now. Despite the off the field madness, international football (on the pitch) is still the purest form of football left.
Players like Ziyech (just using him as an obvious example but there are many more) who are without doubt committed, supreme professionals. You do not get to where he is without being so. But he plays like he will literally…
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