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Originally Posted by CroFlames
One of the greatest World Cup Finals? Absolutely.
One of the greatest finals of all time? Debatable. 2005 in Istanbul comes to mind.
I have no love for the guy but Mbappe may have just had the best individual performance at any WC Final, dragging France’s bench squad to PKs against an in form Messi and full strength Argentina.
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It’s close.
But I think this takes the edge. The comeback was just as good by France.
The stage was bigger (World Cup > Champions League).
And the stars were bigger IMO, there was no Messi or Mbappe like performance in that game (calm down Liverpool fans, Gerrard’s not on that level, and I say that as somebody who thinks Maldini is the greatest defender ever too)
To score in the 80 and 81st to tie it and then again in the 118 is crazy drama.
https://syndication.bleacherreport.c...-ever.amp.html
This is just one list but I have a hard time not putting it in the top 5 of these lists.