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Originally Posted by Matty81
Man this final is tough to call... have no attachment to either of these countries and am trying to assess the two 11s and I truly could see it going either way. Obviously Messi and Mbappe have been discussed to death, Alvarez looks the next most in form player as far as scoring and so maybe a slight firepower advantage there though Giroud seems to pop up and score at crazy moments even when he's playing badly and Griezmann has been a terrier all tournament.
Central midfields I don't see a lot to pick from, De Paul and Mac Allister have stood out as rock solid box to box players for me as have Rabiot and Tchouameni.
Maybe a bit more physical size and strength in the France backline against those two in form Argentina attackers? But they seem to have some kind of flu ripping through their camp.
What do everyone's predictions looks like?
Throwing a dart I'd probably lean slightly towards Argentina say 2-1 but obviously Mbappe could just go beast mode and blow that away.
I don't even know if I can watch the 3rd place game, hope I am wrong but expecting another snooze fest like their round robin game. Throw in the whistling... that's a toughie. Be nice to see Modric get a goal on his farewell
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I'm going with France.
I just think France are marginally better in almost every position. Sure, you can make the Messi/Mbappe call and go in Messi's favour and thats fair.
But I think France have a far more solid yet dynamic back 4, I'd argue that Griezmann is in the conversation for 'Player of the Tournament' in terms of the work he's done in that midfield.
Overall I just find France the better of the two sides, but again, we're talking marginal as all hell.
I think its going to be a cagey affair. Argentina know that they have to be positionally solid, not give anything away and essentially pray that Messi has some magic left in him.
I dont really have a dog in this fight, but seeing France get 3 times as many World Cups as England seems funny but the salt in the wound to Ronaldo seeing Messi lift the Cup? Theres value there too, its a shame he isnt still a Manchester United player, same with Pogba. Watching France lift the World Cup with a moody Pogba and a sulky Ronaldo would have been fun.
I think France are the better team, but Argentina have the horses that are more likely and capable of being game-breakers so long as the weaker links in the squad dont do anything stupid.