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Joezinho:
Dembele is the most useless player ever!!!

Professional wasteman. Sold the match

raumdeuter:
Giroud doesn't have the lungs to chase players around when you're playing a low block but when you are dominating and pumping balls into the box he is very useful and can bully defenders

Maybe he should have dropped Dembele or something the energy needed is just not there

Maybe the flu affected them

Then that's tactical malpractice on Deschamps part. Going by how they have played vs how Argentina have played what did they see that made them believe they would dominate this game

Deschamps is a risk averse manager. And you can't argue with the results however when it fails it can fail spectacularly.

Joezinho:
I said it. Ogun kee this fraud.

Since 2018 this guy no gree improve. Nothing I hate pass like unproductive forward. Only thing e get na pace. No football IQ, cannot shoot, cannot pass. Just running like Speedy Gonzales

PDPGuy:
TBF, the same French beat Croatia 4 yrs ago without a true midfield controller. But I guess fatigue played a huge part in Croatia’s loss cos their prior 3 knockout matches either lasted 120 minutes or went to penalties

Pogba and Kante are 5x better than these jokers they have in midfield

Same France beat Argentina at that last world cup nau

AdisaOwala:
I think Griezman was given this task but we saw how Argentina literally cut him off

Even at that, I just think this poor performance is more of an attitude/mentality thing...

France dey play like say make match finish make them dey go house for more important things...

No fire, no passion...nothing!!!

Griezmann is not that guy. To be frank France's midfield has been mediocre. They got away with it against England and Morocco but Dembele's foolishness erased their margin for error today

But the way they've played today is criminal

FirstbornWds:
Mister... You will cry today sir

Cry that what happen? When game finishes I drink my Orijin and switch to NFL Redzone. Which one concern me

Did you cry when Messi chopped 8-2 and lost a World Cup final at the hands of my boys? Were you suicidal?

raumdeuter:
While Giroud was the wrong striker to start given the defensive nature of the game Deschamps played but now that they are clasing the ball Argentina will sit deeper and more balls and crosses will come into the box

So while Giroud was a tactical defect at the start, taking him out at this point doesn't seem right to me

Giroud is completely useless in this match to be frank. He is not going to get enough chances to be of any use

And actually Giroud would have been of more use late in the game if France were still chasing it.

They need forwards that will get stuck in in that midfield that can draw fouls put less pressure on their two man midfield

They're not playing this match like it's a World Cup Final and I can't believe my eyes. Maybe because most of them on the pitch won the last one

PDPGuy:
You’re playing a WC FINAL, yet you didn’t even work the opposing goalkeeper once in the first half.. what rubbish!

0.0 xG

Just a pathetic performance. This is what happens when you don't have any midfield controller or creative. Nobody that can draw fouls, keep possession.

Itsrm:
You guys still don't get it. It is not about France. Argentina is too good. This was how Ibime was cursing Croatia against Argentina.

I thought they said Argentina is bad and Messi is doing all the work.

So which one do we believe ba yi?

Good as Argentina might be I'm seeing a France not able to complete 5 passes. No work rate, no pattern, no midfield

Disgraceful performance from France absolutely disgraceful

PDPGuy:
France wey don sell match
Did you see any one of them protesting the penalty award?

They're not playing like a serious team. If I knew it was this rubbish they would play I would have ceded defeat before kickoff

Ibime:
5 penalties in one World Cup

Big ojoro

Never in the history of ojoro have one team received 4 penalties in one World Cup, talkless of 5

This World Cup dem no even dey hide am.

This Dembele is just a wasteman. Is France serious at all?

StarchAndBanga:
Is tomorrow the day "The Drake Curse" would be broken?

Maybe. This one Upamecano is starting

StarchAndBanga:
Is tomorrow the day "The Drake Curse" would be broken?

Hallelujah. Argentina losing confirmed

afrodoc2:
I am not one to be a conspiracy theorist so it is possible. I fell sick with viral symptoms in that same Doha my last few days there. Everywhere indoors is air conditioned and sealed tight cos of the heat and even the stadia are air conditioned. Very ripe environment for viral respiratory infections to spread, and these players are in close proximity at all times.

Hmm. Ok this makes sense. The question is why be say na only France players come dey sick. For some reasons the Argies are perfectly ok

TLona1:
They don start.

Trying to magnify Argentina like they're more than what we see. Without Messi they're not as good as USA.

Taaa. The team is designed to make him the focal point.

Is it Messi that keeps the other team from scoring? No be players dey win penalty. Wey e dey take score

Bottomline Argentina is a traditional football power that had been to 3 World Cup finals before they knew what a Messi was

akwesenana:
Delusion at the highest.
Even if Messi's son played for France and had 6 WC's, he'll still play at his best.

I need the plug to the Igbeaux wey this people dey smoke. That thing must cure ailments

Ibime:
They said they caught it from English players in the QF. There is a bad strain of flu going around in England sha, half my children's class have been bedridden

This Three Lions and their usual bad luck

So tey e dey extend to other teams

TLona1:
Just a friendly reminder,

If Messi wins the final, he will be the undisputed greatest footballer of all time. If Messi loses the final, he will be the undisputed greatest footballer of all time.

Cap. Nothing like greatest if he fails in the Final again.

Which kin GOAT wey no fit lead traditional football superpower like Argentina to a World Cup title?

That GOAT issa counterfeit, placebo

Bimffo:
Where I am for the past 3 weeks, the only website that can work here is nairaland.

Please egbon mii, tell me, is the sickness getting worse? How many French players are down now?

Heard Rabiot, Konate, Upamecano, Coman, Varane

afrodoc2:
Coman is sick now. If Giroud or Thuram fall also sick before the final then it’s slim pickings. Tension or not it would be advisable to have Benzema on standby in Doha.

If 2 adult men with bia bia can’t get along for a couple of days to achieve their ultimate goal then they are both unserious.

You know these French folks can have a flair for the dramatic sometimes

But reason this thing well oh. Why and what are the odds that all the French players are suddenly falling sick. This is not even like France 98 where it was just one guy. It's a gang of people falling ill like anthrax was unleashed in their camp. They're not even disclosing the exact nature of the illnesses. I've never seen anything like it

afrodoc2:
It might have to be Upamecano and Saliba. Saliba is a like for like replacement for Varane but the problem is that he has been cold for a month.

There are replacements in defence. The place where we can’t afford illness is in attack. Mbappe, Griezmann, Dembele should be wrapped in cotton wool and they should activate Benzema if he is partially fit. He should be in Doha at least just in case things get worse.

Seems there is a bit of tension between Benzema and Deschamps. Not sure bringing him would be a good idea. Mere looking at their body language when his name is brought up it's not screaming we're missing him and sad he's not able to play so far.

I think Giroud, Thuram and Muani are enough in the attack and hopefully Coman is also fine. Getting Benzema back doesn't guarantee anything

The worry is in defense. A Saliba or Upamecano against tricky players like Messi and Alvarez is recipe for disaster.

I'm not under any illusions that these refs will not blow PK at the slightest fvck up by France. They've given away 3 already and Argentina has won 4. So that's something to look out for

PDPGuy:
Now, FIFA are reconsidering the format for the 2026 World Cup
There was no way that the exciting last round of group games at this year's World Cup would go unnoticed by the higher ups.

I'm predicting either a format of 16 groups of three teams (with group winners advancing to the round of 16), or
12 groups of four teams, with group winners and runners-up, as well as the best 8 third-placed teams across the groups advancing to the round of 32. I'm sure FIFA and the confederations and other stakeholders (including FIFpro) wouldn't mind accommodating a 5-5.5 week WC

Not even a fan of this 48 team format. They are watering down the quality of the competition IMO.

Obviously someone can argue that we would have said the same when it was 24 teams but there's always a happy medium to be had if you ask me. You always need the right balance of exclusivity if you want the World Cup to still hold that prestige. When you turn it to free for all that's when the quality and it's selling point starts to decline. The World Cup shouldn't be an all comers affair that render qualifiers almost meaningless

Roland17:
Now Coman is also ill!

My God is bigger than all my enemies..

Fight my battle Lord!!

They've unleashed bio weapons at this point

Seeing the way even middle eastern folks are rooting for Argentina almost like they want Argentina to win more than Argentineans

Where is that chap Ersan that was arguing when I told him AD was made out of fine China. Buddy is carved out of glass. It's that simple

kokaneprodigy:
Ajakaja-40 you are always on the wrong side of history

Who is this crackhead again? Like I was on the wrong side about Max Verstappen right?

Clown. I see you vanished from that thread like the fart of a leprous witch when you realized Hamilton was becoming irrelevant. Same way you will vanish when Messi loses. Bandwagon muppet

teeshet:
if you are mbappe, will you wish for messi to win the world cup? Afterall, He's your teammate and you ve won one already

Wish for Messi to win the World Cup? Na him teach him papa football?

Mbappe not really a fan of Messi. They're not cool like that. Plus he's more of an Ororo disciple. He has too much incentive to wreck Argentina and one thing I know about Mbappe. That boy is cold blooded. He's been quiet in the semis and quarters. He has something for that ass on Sunday

Roland17:
Upamecano's injury is a blessing and it is not in disguise sef

Airmark's favorite defender. I heaved a huge sigh of relief when I saw he was not playing. Just a shocking defender

Allez Les Bleus. Allez Les Bleus

C'est Magnifique

Oui oui ooo lala


No sleep till repeat!!

Joezinho:
Deschamp should remove this useless dembele.

Useless player wey no gree improve. I've never seen this kin thing.

Ibime:
Ballzproblem2, Qataris deserve an apology from you

We are in a broken society. So many people ran with foul play stories. Even after the guy had talked about being unwell for several days.

Plus an aneurysm tells me he really never stood a chance