The best moments of the 2022 World Cup

We did it, folks. The 2022 World Cup is in the books and everything is now retrospective.

After a month of dizzying highs, teary lows and the chaos cluttered in between, we have a new world champion, a new case for the greatest player of all time.

Here are some of our favourite moments from this World Cup.

The tournament kicked off with hosts Qatar essentially crapping their pants on a global stage. A team that took 12 years to build and was backed to cause some upsets did not look fit to be playing a World Cup match.

When Ecuador found the back of the net after only three minutes only for the goal to inexplicably be ruled out at the end of a lengthy VAR check, onlookers across the world thought something wasn’t right.

However, once graphics came through showing the goal was correctly ruled out for the most marginal of offsides, everything simmered down.

The great thing about everyone’s favourite part-time Senegal fan is he joined the Lions of Teranga again for their last 16 tie against England before returning to Morocco’s run to the semi-finals.

Portugal were one Inaki Williams slip away from blowing a two-goal lead in the dying embers of their group stage opener with Ghana.

Come for the Stevie G tribute act, stay for Cristiano Ronaldo’s exasperated expression.

Is this how he often breaks into stride? Is he being disrespectful? Is he preparing to take off?

Only Antonio Rudiger knows for sure.

While you’re at it, Weston, why don’t you ask the poor bloke if you can wash out your dreadful hair dye with his possessions as well?

Prior to the tournament, Cristiano Ronaldo sat down with Piers Morgan to discuss the dream scenario of scoring a hat-trick against Lionel Messi’s Argentina to win the World Cup.

In the end, he bagged a solitary penalty and tried to claim a Bruno…