2022 World Cup Qatar: FINAL - Argentina vs. France

Completion of Football

 

Never mind how the players got through the game, I don't know we got through the game just watching it on the tv! Seriously, when France pulled it back to 2-1 I felt sick, the rest of the game was just a blur as I drowned myself in booze to get me through it.

Has anyone watched the whole game again, I've watched highlights, the penalty shoot out, but not the entire match.

 

I still think we're too wastefull after the second goal. Probably because France didnt seems to be in the game for almost 80 minutes. We had 20 shots including 10 on target. Its really should have been 4-0 drubbing. Even againts Netherlands, we had them under siege throughout the extra time, but just unlucky not to find the third.

 

Otamendi made a horrendous error for the first France penalty. And I have to say it was cowardly "defending" by Montiel for the second France penalty, he turned his back on the shot and stuck his arm out. But I forgive him

 

We had a nasty habit of doing that didn't we. Letting 2 goal leads slip against Netherland and France, we almost did it against Australia as well, but for a great save by Dibu. Certainly wasn't good for my heart.

 

I still can’t believe it is real…I remember just praying, and physically shaking, through the whole game.

As SupaMario said, the game seemed like an eternity.

All thanks to God for having blessed us to live through the whole experience at the World Cup.

 

That habit is basically like our tradition now. 3 WC finals which Argentina won has been a similar scenario. Netherlands equalized late in the game in 1978 final, hit the post at injury time. 1986 final, 2-0 up and they conceided 2 goals from corner kicks.

We need 4 clear goals before 70th minute in next final before I can actually sit comfortably on my couch.

 

Love this story from Dibu, and he would have done it as well:

‘I’ll beat the sh*t out of you!’ - Emi Martinez reveals brutal threat to Argentina team-mate Cristian Romero during World Cup final against France after his horror tackle on Kylian Mbappe | Goal.com UK

 

Another reason why the current team wins everything... imagine having tough hothead like Cuti , yet there's still another guy in the team that could talk like that to him lol

 

After it became 2-2 I was in a catatonic state tbh... Couldn't even celebrate 3-2 too much and it turned out to be for a good reason. Ridiculous ending but the catharsis at the end was worth it.

 

I think it was at this exact moment a year ago when the game ended. It was a three hour journey.

I’ve said it before, the World Cup is not really an enjoyable experience. It was when I was younger but not anymore. Maybe since we’ve won it, I can relax a bit more but I think we all aged a few years during that one month in 2022.

 

Love this post. Absolutely. I have never felt this way in any World Cup like this one.

 

Yup, stuff like this wins World Championships.

“Minor” stuff that is so critical to a team.

 

I'm already thinking about the 4th and 5th one. But joyous anniversary for our third star and messi winning.

 

You know, if we had won 4-0, or even 2-0, I probably would’ve watched the game 2-3 times over now.


But it was such an emotional roller coaster that even today I cannot bring myself to watch the whole game over again. I “feel” the negative portions of the match too strongly still.

 

Just reread the thread its easier

 

It was destined to happen, it couldn't have been otherwise. It was written in the sky ⭐🌟⭐

Happy Anniversary, World Champions!#ArgentinaNT #EscritoEnElCielo pic.twitter.com/ncAMii7LAc

— Selección Argentina in English (@AFASeleccionEN) December 18, 2023

 

I aged a year for each of the Netherlands and France games (and aged an extra year each for extra time and penalties). Luckily the Croatia game rejuvenated me a bit after the Dutch affair, because the final could have killed me otherwise.

 

I watched the game with several of my friends here in Miami, none of them are Argentineans. Everyone's phone camera was pointed at me during the PK shootout. They all forwarded to me afterwards, now I have about 12 videos of me from different views, reacting to each pk. I only looked visibly nervous when Montiel starts walking towards the ball. . . that's when I was having an out of body experience b/c I was not sure what was happening. If anyone would've stopped time and asked me "is this the PK to win it?" I would not have been able to answer bc I lost track of which pk number it was.

I was completely lost when Montiel was about to shoot. I just couldn't be present in the moment b/c I couldn't believe that it was about to happen.

 

Know what you mean, it's like the 2014 world cup, the only thing I have re-watched from that world cup is Germany beating Brazil 7-1, that's it, the rest I don't even want to think about. The world cup becomes torture, even winning the semi final is a muted celebration because you're thinking about losing in the final. It was only when penalty from Montiel went in that I could truly relax and enjoy the whole event.

 

When it went to penalties, I knew we would do it. I just had to see it. Dibu would not let us down.

My reaction was similar to Scaloni’s who just froze for a second and smiled and lost it a minute or two later . I was leaning on the island as my family and cousins were watching the game in the family room. I lost it when one of my sister’s put her arm around me when it ended. It was more relief than joy. The joy kicked in a bit later and tears flowed throughout the day.

My girlfriend who was supposed to come before kickoff overslept and said she’d come after the match. She finally got what the sport means to us. Even she was emotional when she greeted the family.

It’s hard still not to get tears in my eyes when thinking about that day.

 

The emotion hit me mostly when Andres Cantor kept saying "Argentina Campeon del Mundo!" over and over in tears. It was hard to compose myself then because I grew up watching him call all sorts of football matches over the years and we were feeling the same thing together in that moment. Just crazy

 

I like this one the most.