Rodri missing a lot of the last 2 season at City kept him fresh for the WC and he’s back to his best - Spains MVP. Yamal was pretty underwhelming for all the hype he was constantly double and triple teamed just like Wirtz is when he plays internationally.
England - Spain would have been a better final. Clearly the best team won, impressive Spain performance against a fairly shithouse team. The end for Messi, he wasn't even walking fast for most of it. It will be interesting to see how Mac does for us when he returns. Played a lot of minutes in our heat.
Lost a lot of respect for Mac Allister the past 10 Months. Phones in a season just to act like that during a tournament
Yup. I can appreciate the impact he had for our title winning season, but I’ve never warmed up to him.
He's the only player on our squad that feels contact and rolls around on the ground for 3 minutes grabbing a random body part.
Let’s cut him some slack. He wasn’t the only player who was well below par, and remember he didn’t even have a preseason to speak of. And walked into a team that was in something of a tactical disarray
The NY Times with a spot on take on the dirty, moaning Argentineans. Rarely have I been so happy, as a neutral, to see a team lose. With Messi being isolated and having a poor game by his standards there was not one single redeeming feature of Argentina’s performance yesterday. And to complete their disgusting role of being classless c.unts, when Spain were presented with the trophy, the entire team, Messi included, turned their backs.
I didn’t say he was but he’s also behaved like an absolute jerk at this tournament. It’s the combination of him choosing to shut it down to keep himself fit for a World Cup in which he proceeded to be one of the most petulant players on the field.
There is no other team in world football more disgraceful than Argentina. A total complete disgrace, all of them. When they win they behave obnoxiously. When they lose they turn into animals. Despite the obvious talent most of their players possess, they simply cannot stop themselves from trying their best to to win each game via fouling, cheating and diving.