Doha. They have the history, they have the future, but tonight?
France gave away.
They deserved punishment, and they were punished in the most disgusting way.
It was the best of the finals, it was the worst of the finals.
FIFA welcomed this match in the same deformed bubble in which the entire World Cup was held. On the banners was their slogan “Save the Planet” to celebrate a climate catastrophe, on large screens the team leaders of the big teams spoke. How are they “against all forms of discrimination”. It was Qatar National Day, International Migrants Day, Keith Richards’ birthday, and the last day of the World Cup.
Complete the puzzle: match at least three days.
When fireworks light up the skies over Doha, when Lionel Messi writes his fairy tale end and Kylian Mbappe stands in the middle of it all with a blank stare – when the whole world stands with the stars in its eyes after one of the biggest dramas in history, it is imperative to be reminded that the World Cup is based on blood money. The final day began with thousands of unregistered people demonstrating in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, among other things in solidarity with migrant workers as they build Qatar’s World Cup stadiums.
Les Bleus on the platform
what happened after that? Who won the final?
Well, it could be said for a long time that Laurent Blanc was the Frenchman who managed the best. Before the final, Le Progress asked the former world champion defender and national team captain for his thoughts. Well, he said he definitely thinks France will stand a good chance. With the addition of:
– I would like to see the final, but I don’t know. I have to drop someone off at the train station then.
Lionel Messi closed his eyes as 50,000 Argentines chanted the national anthem, preparing for battle. Kylian Mbappe smiled and looked happy as 5,000 fans tried to be heard at La Marseilles.
And blueberry blueberry.
Train left, Les Bleus on the platform.
Argentina entered the match with a knife in their teeth, and France with a thumb print Bad flowers.
They played reactive defensive ball without pressing, were technically handicapped, and the right wing didn’t hold together.
Was it a mental breakdown? Was it the cold virus that spread around the team this week? Was it a punishment?
Everyone knows what role France played in the World Cup and who ended up here. Business deals with Qatar, lunches at the Elysee Palace where Sarkozy shook hands with the emir, and Qatar’s investments in the city and the Paris Club. Here, Emmanuel Macron sat in the stands with Nasser Al-Khelaifi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The whole of France was here, but not on the field.
They slept for an hour on one of the greatest nights of their lives, and there are no excuses for that. They came to the World Cup without Pogba, without Kante, without last year’s best player in the Bundesliga (Nkunku) and in the world (Benzema), did they get all the way around a sun called Lionel Messi?
No, apparently not in any way. For two reasons.
France had none
Argentina is said to have the highest number of psychotherapists per capita in the world, and…well, that makes sense. When a soccer match suddenly broke out in the middle of this procession, all the gates of hell opened from Doha to Buenos Aires, from Naples to Rosario.
They have the best players in the history of football, and they have their own fans, their warriors and their songs. Italy has its club titles, England its business and footballing roots clear legitimacy, Spain its super clubs.
France had none.
But they have their minds, they have their education.
You can field a full squad, 28 players in the World Cup here in Qatar, all born or raised in the Paris region. The most talent-dense region in the world, without competition. When things went the other way, when you ran out of gas and you lost the game, that’s where Didier Deschamps turned.
He replaced Randall Kolo-Mane from Bondi, Marcus Thuram from Nili-sur-Seine, Kingsley Coman from Snart Moisi, Youssouf Fofana from Paris, Ibrahima Konate from Popincourt and Axel Disasi from Jeunesse. All from Paris. Did you forget someone?
That’s right, Kiki Mbappe is also from Bondy.
Otamendi made a typical mistake for Otamendi and dropped Kolo Mwani (who saved brilliantly) and Mbappe took the penalty kick. Two minutes later, Koeman stole the ball from Messi, and a quick substitution later, Mbappe hit home to make it 2-2.
Was it the final match for Mbappe or Messi? Messi slotted in a right-footed volley, and Mbappe hit another penalty kick in the final minutes of extra time. The World Cup has been a computer-scented dream all the way here, this was just a crescendo in itself. Pirates Dibu Martinez saved the lives of both the team and all of the Argentine handlers when he saved a free kick from Kolo Muani at the last second, but it was as if everything was already decided.
Qatar’s ambassadors go head-to-head, The Best of History against future supersonic monsters, Leo vs. Kiki. 3-3 in the end, two goals for Messi and three for Mbappe. Penalties.
In France, there are conspiracy theories that Argentina won this tournament for the second time that Messi signed with Paris Saint-Germain, and they factored in the penalties he received on the trip here – but no paranoid builder needed to succumb to the divine art he was doing. Football every step of the way.
The only question that remained was whether he would write a drama or a tragedy, whether he would become a beautiful winner or a beautiful loser. It is a branch in which France has historically been world champions.
Argentina was here to fight and fight and France to defend its gold.
The odds were not equal.
Maradona kiss
According to a research report from the recent World Cup, a tattooed player is approximately 11 percent more likely to take a penalty in a playoff than an untattooed person is. And Messi came up with his tattooed shaggy robber band, ready to crown the march of migrant workers and Qatar Day.
The penalty kick was Maradona’s kiss, she barely had steering speed but went in. Kingsley Coman slammed a poor penalty into Depo Martinez, and the amazing Aurelien Tchoameni didn’t even hit the net.
France slept half the evening, when they began to defend their gold they still lost.
They finished the final with a team in which the oldest outfielder, Kingsley Coman, was 26 years old.
Lionel Messi finally got his trophy, donned a diagonal bisht, smiled with satisfaction and raised a bow to Maradona. Its place in history is now firmly established, France must conquer the world with the next generation.
How can you pass out? Are there more trains?