ArsenalFan7

I enjoy ********* players and culture but there has to be some level of self-awareness and I think you look a bit of a tit trying to mock the guy that almost dragged his side to a second world cup win with a hat trick in a World Cup final. He possibly just produced the greatest save of all time but all he’s making anyone talk about is his cringe antics

Same Mbappe that scored 4 times against him. Clearly a very good goalkeeper but his arrogance is mindblowing at this point.

No doubt it's part of the lenient approach taken but I found it particularly amusing in the Brazil game when Oliver was going to book his blatantly cynical foul to stop a counter at the end but then saw it was him, who would then be suspended and bottled it Same sort of thing when he kicked the ball away vs. Morocco but players like Messi, Modric etc. get that sort of treatment annoyingly. Mentioned above but Kovacic was superb to watch defensively + driving through midfield at times. There was one too many times I'd get annoyed when he'd be too intricate with the final ball or refusing to shoot but he is another great midfielder to watch on his day.

The Modric love in gets a bit tedious, we already know he is great without rewarding him for a less than exceptional tournament, he shouldn't be in a team of the tournament, let alone have won the Bronze Ball. Even the referees were pandering to him all tournament, at least 3 times he got away without a booking because the referee saw it was him that committed the offence.

Maignan is a bit of a penalty specialist isn't he? Would have been great if France had him available to bring on, Lloris has zero presence.

Golden glove award is biased towards winners, the only non-winners in the last 20 years have been Courtois and Kahn. The bookmakers actually had Bono as favourite before the last two games and he might have been a rightful winner had he had a better 3rd place game. I think him and Livakovic had great tournaments but Bono's achievements stood out more. Hard to take it away from Martinez after his final display though, it is certainly the most clutch save I have ever seen and then to win the World Cup for his side in a penalty shootout shortly after, he had every right to win. Bloke is a bit of a bellend though fwiw.

Genuinely hated how one sided that game was for 70-80 mins and then come the end, I can call it one of the greatest games I’ve ever watched just a shame it was in Qatar.

French have already given up by looks of it. No energy whatsoever.

3 tournaments in a row they're going to look back on and think 'what if?' and it'll probably be the same next Euros.

This is such an embarrassing final, France haven't had a shot in 52 minutes. Should have been England because this is crap.

That referee was a disgrace but they can't feel aggrieved after the penalty decision. Goes to show how much it meant to the Moroccans at least.

But I think if you ask a lot of Croatians and Moroccans today that they’d tell you it isn’t pointless. And it’s fun, so I don’t get why people have an issue with it.

Everyone needs to remember this when they say this game is pointless

It should be very enjoyable, it looks like there’s about 3.5 defensive minded players in that Croatia lineup

As much as people love to go on about what a waste of time this is every year, this seems like a brilliant opportunity for Morocco to cement themselves as the best African side in WC history.

They got a widely positive reception to the added time and then a lot of referees just seemed to do away with it. I hope it is something that the FA look into for next season, I think a lot of fans have realised that more game time is a big win for them. There is hope for the stop clock after all.

I'm pretty surprised by how long Mbappe is with the bookies - Messi 1/5 favourite, Mbappe 9/2, Griezmann 8/1. I'm sure it's not but you'd almost think it's decided beforehand with how nailed on they have Messi.

One of the worst refereeing performances I've seen, how did Amrabat not get booked for that handball at the end

Messi was already brilliant but that take couldn't age any worse after this Semi

I thought I was going insane watching that. 3 pundits all with the same dreadful opinion and having to agree with Walton? I can’t believe it’s even a debate, he just clattered Alvarez FFS

I think any of Brazil, Argentina, England, France do away with this Morocco side with relative ease in the context of a semi tbh. Amazing run but think France should be ecstatic at their opposition to reach a WC final, especially with so many injury issues.

France, no ET played and should comfortably beat this Morocco side in 90. Argentina have a tough test against Croatia that they likely win but could easily be another extra time on their legs. And as much as I love Messi, Mbappe is now the best in the world and he has a history of losing in these moments on the international stage.

I agree with the selections but I don’t see how they’ll be able to not give it to Mbappe if France win vs. Argentina, he already has 5 g 2 a. It’d be criminal if he didn’t

Foden is England’s most talented player, the side should really be built him and/or Bellingham. I do think another manager can probably maximise Foden better. And fwiw I’ll never really understand the argument that a player as ridiculously talented as Foden couldn’t play through the centre for this England side. I would love to see him pulling the strings all over like Griezmann has been for France and negating a mediocre option like Henderson.

Haven’t read through but Saka was probably England’s best player after a bit of a rough start. Never been a Southgate fan but have no real issue with how we set up, we played well and lost to a good team with some decisions and key moments swinging against us, fine margins tend to decide these sort of games. It’s not a game where I’d actively point to some of his errors like I would Croatia or Italy. I did think the winner goes on to win the WC and this was very much a 50/50 occasion in my eyes.