2022 Football World Cup

HaroldBishop

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I'm surprised Cameroon didn't already achieve this a few decades ago, they had some very good teams

Morocco seems to have come from no where this world cup (like a lot of teams I spose)
Yeah I thought the same, they only made it to the quarters.
 

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Seems a lot of big guns not firing has opened the door for a few underdogs to shake up the cup. Ronaldo benched, Kane making what sounded like his first big error... Messi has been fairly quiet by his lofty standards (though is probably saving the best for last).

Interesting to see who the new big names will be. The kids were gaga over Messi and Ronaldo before the cup started.
 

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Messi has been pretty decisive so far, I wouldn’t say he has been quiet. Ronaldo was no surprise, he’s on a steep decline
 

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Seems a lot of big guns not firing has opened the door for a few underdogs to shake up the cup. Ronaldo benched, Kane making what sounded like his first big error... Messi has been fairly quiet by his lofty standards (though is probably saving the best for last).

Interesting to see who the new big names will be. The kids were gaga over Messi and Ronaldo before the cup started.
Mbappe is still there, he’s just as popular with the kids as Messi and Ronaldo are.
 

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that entire french team is loaded with stars that kids go nuts for

the worst player on that squad is lloris and he has been incredible this tournament
Hard to see them not winning it. Wish I put my bet on them.
 

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Definitely not on the scale of Messi in my area, so many kids wear his Barcelona jersey.
Even I have a Messi Argentina jersey and I don't even know why

Yep, that Jersey is iconic. Like Jordans Bulls singlet. Especially with Maradona beforehand.

We definitely picked the wrong time to jump on the Ronaldo train..!
 
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Messi’s really dragging this Argentina team to the world cup kicking and screaming.
Absolutely incredible performance. He will need to repeat it again if France qualify though. If he does, would that be the GOAT individual performance at a world cup? He has been everything to Argentina.
 

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Absolutely incredible performance. He will need to repeat it again if France qualify though. If he does, would that be the GOAT individual performance at a world cup? He has been everything to Argentina.
To this day, nothing tops Maradona's performance against England for me. In my book, Maradona is the all time GOAT - nobody even compares to him and that includes Ronaldo and Messi.
 

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I watched the game and it looked to me like Argentina outclassed Croatia from the very start.

Lots of good performers. I think they would have been better than Croatia even without Messi.
 
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