babajero:
if no VAR Argentina goals would have been very many, let's use the match against Saudi Arabia as an example, without VAR all of them would have counted as goals.

With VAR that Maradona's celebrated "hand of god" would have earned him straight Red card and some match ban.

Football was easier in the olden days, now they are playing against Man and technology. In the olden days the penalty awarded to France wouldn't happen.

Lamanii22:
When a child is endowed with so much glory….

Starzo:


Messi is world champion....he is the greatest ever

E go pain una till una die

JASONjnr:


Without FIFA's support, Messi with his team will never raise a world cup....

Badgers14:


Read my first post to understand my point.

I am not taking anything away from Messi's greatness in the sport.

The first part of my post was how his supporting cast were not really mentioned at all in the success story. When Messi scored those goals, someone had to pass the ball to him right? Those individuals do get rarely mentioned in stories this..

That's where I said, life is not fair.

On the other part of my write up, I think the goal keeper made many critical saves that won them the title.

AImiron:
I guess na fifa tell Kolo mani to lose that last attemp on purpose, mumu

Cry more

alobright17:


That means Fifa in collaboration with Holland and France deliberately missed those Penalty kicks ? or your dull brain didn't factor that when you're typing this Rubbish?

Why all of you are ignoring to add France and Holland as the fraud accomplice since they deliberately delivered the world cup to Messi by telling Argentina kepper where to dive . anything you say or type without adding those 2 teams means you're talking nonsense.

Italy won Euro because England missed PKS and the blame went to Bukayo and co that missed the Pks not Euro organizers , they received threats to life and racial abuse. but when France missed there own PK the blame went to Fifa , what a shame .

Let me ask if to say Holland scored all there pk and Argentina miss one pk which of the team would've qualified?


SO FIFA PRESIDENT IS VAN DYKE AND CO THAT MISSED PK? ode

Softmirror:
BUT TO BE HONEST IF FRANCE HAD WON THE CUP AFTER SUCH A, DRAMATIC MATCH. ALOT IF ARGENTINES WOULD HAVE COMMITTED SUCIDE.

Softmirror:


ASK HISTORIANS ABOUT THE 1950 FIFA WORLD CUP FINAL BETWEEN BRAZIL AND URUGUAY? SO MANY BRAZILIANS COMMITTED SUCIDE. MY BROTHER, ALOT OF PEOPLE WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME IF FRANCE HAD WON. THAT WAS A VERY, VERY TENSED MATCH SO FULL OF EMOTIONS. THERE IS FAR MORE TO FOOTBALL IN BOTH BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA. IT IS MORE THAN JUST A GAME.

alabo1:


it is just a game. 2 decades from now no one will even be discussing this. i did not watch one match in this world cup and lost nothing. i used to be passionate about football but now realise that the two hours spent on a match is better spent playing monopoly with my kids. peace

Badgers14:


Why people can't offer their opinions without making fool of themselves is beyond me.

Whether messi won 12 world cups in one year, do I really care? I don't feed him and he definitely doesn't feed me.. why should I be pained of his success??

What I posted here was my opinion, you are free to air your opinion without ridiculing yourself..

JASONjnr:
Again, CR7 is way better than Messi and I won't even bother wasting my time with urchins quoting me...


FIFA president's reaction when France scored tell alot about the fixing of all Argentina's games......

babajero:
And the same FIFA official gave France 2 penalties in the final to equalize, or was it FIFA that helped Messi and Argentina fixed the penalties that won them the world cup?

Whether with world cup or no world cup Messi is miles ahead of ronaldo, scoring majority of goals and with tap-ins, penalties and nodding doesn't make you a complete footballer. Modric is way way better than ronaldo and it showed in the last 2 world cups, not talking of Messi who is the definition of a complete footballer.

Sheggy13:

That's going too far. The question you should be asking if Ronaldo has seen what a world cup trophy looks like from close distance - in order words he hasn't even played in the final before, so much for a so-called GOAT of football. At least Messi before winning this came close in 2014 when they lost the final in extra time to Germany through Gotze's goal.

kizxaxa:
Why won't he win world cup if you know, you know.

JASONjnr:
Again, CR7 is way better than Messi and I won't even bother wasting my time with urchins quoting me...


FIFA president's reaction when France scored tell alot about the fixing of all Argentina's games......

Softmirror:


ASK HISTORIANS ABOUT THE 1950 FIFA WORLD CUP FINAL BETWEEN BRAZIL AND URUGUAY? SO MANY BRAZILIANS COMMITTED SUCIDE. MY BROTHER, ALOT OF PEOPLE WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME IF FRANCE HAD WON. THAT WAS A VERY, VERY TENSED MATCH SO FULL OF EMOTIONS. THERE IS FAR MORE TO FOOTBALL IN BOTH BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA. IT IS MORE THAN JUST A GAME.

Softmirror:


ARE YOU A BRAZILIAN NATIONAL, OR AN ARGENTINE?! AM NOT EITHER, BUT STUDIES HAS SHOWN THAT FOOTBALL IS MORE THAN A GAME IN THIS TWO COUNTRIES, FAR MORE THAN JUST A GAME.

Banbanna:


Dude, football in South Amer, especially that Argentina is like a matter of life and death. They worship football as a god. If you've watched the intense crazy rivalry between Boca juniors and River plate, you'd know what am talking about. Messi & co winning the WC, really saved their country from mass chronic depression.

headboyprince:

What of all the penalities awarded to Argentinos.. ode, you dodge that one.. next world cup, all referees will be robots and ai.

Football will become tougher, and this world cup will be termed too easy...by kids..

Softmirror:


YOU ARE VERY ENLIGHTENED. THAT WIN SAVED ARGENTINA, IT WAS A DO OR DIE. IT MATTERED SO MUCH TO FRANCE TOO, BUT NOT AS INTENSE AS ARGENTINA. EVEN THOUGH, IT WILL HAVE PAVED WAY FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A BACK TO BACK WORLD CUP WITH MBAPPE COMING CLOSER TO BEATING PELE'S RECORD. PELE A YOUNG LAD AT 17 WON HIS FIRST WORLD CUP, THEN THE NEXT AT 21. LOST THE THIRD TIME THEN WON THE FOURTH MBAPPE WON HIS FIRST AT 18. A RARE OPPORTUNITY AT TTGE SECOND FINAL WHICH HE SCORED A HATTRICK BUT THAT WAS ALL..

THERE IS MORE TO FOOTBALL TO BOTH BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA. PELE DID SAY, THE FIRST TIME HE EVER SAW HIS DAD CRY WAS WHEN BRAZIL LOST TO URUGUAY IN THE 1950 FINALS. I THINK PELE WAS JUST 10 YEARS OLD THEN. HIS DAD CRIED LIKE A BABY, WHILE A GOOD NUMBER COMMITED SUICIDE.

SUCH WOULD HAVE BEEN THE CASE IF ARGENTINA HAD LOST. NO DOUBT.

Softmirror:


OFF POINT. GO AND READ WHAT I WROTE ALL OVER AGAIN AND TRY TO BE REASONABLE. THERE IS WHERE I HAVE SUGGESTED ALL THE TRASH YOU WROTE UP THERE.

Let me help you. Kindly read below.



And then this,


How does the trash you wrote up there relate to my post.?

headboyprince:


Boy mbappe and halaand are still young... They had more goals at 21 than Messi and CR7 combined at same age despite playing in var era..

At mbappe and halaand age, they had very little achievement...

And yes Messi goal with his hand in 2007 stood, just like maradona the referee didn't see it..check it up ..

Like I said watch your mouth, so you don't expose too much

alobright17:


Such a senseless human.

What at all is all these If If?

Mumu why not ask your yeye self if Holland and France deliberately missed those pks because of the stupid reason you cited?

So because of this your baseless excus that's why France, Australia and Holland missed sure die minutes goals that would've sent Argentina parking,

Mumu historian never talk about plane crashes auto crashes does it stop the world from using those means of transportation?

You're such hateful and frustrated bingo.

Softmirror:


LOL, HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU FAIL ENGLISH WHILE WRITING JAMB AND WAEC . WHERE DID ALL OF THIS YOUR LINE OF THINKING PROP FROM. FUNNY DUDE. GO AND READ MY COMMENT AGAIN. IT HAS NOTHING TI DO WITH ALL THE TRASH YIU HAVE WRITTEN.

JASONjnr:
Again, CR7 is way better than Messi and I won't even bother wasting my time with urchins quoting me...


FIFA president's reaction when France scored tell alot about the fixing of all Argentina's games......

Solofresh2:
Pendu
Penaldo
Tapnaldo
Pendulum is finished lol

alobright17:


It’s obvious you don’t even understand what you wrote , I bet to suggest that must be a copy and paste then .

Softmirror:

ASK HISTORIANS ABOUT THE 1950 FIFA WORLD CUP FINAL BETWEEN BRAZIL AND URUGUAY? SO MANY BRAZILIANS COMMITTED SUCIDE. MY BROTHER, ALOT OF PEOPLE WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME IF FRANCE HAD WON. THAT WAS A VERY, VERY TENSED MATCH SO FULL OF EMOTIONS. THERE IS FAR MORE TO FOOTBALL IN BOTH BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA. IT IS MORE THAN JUST A GAME.

calmness0:
And the legend Diego Maradona will be put on cheaqe