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World Cup Final! France vs. Croatia!


The World Cup Final is upon us!

Croatia Vs. France... Should be a solid match!

Two impressive midfields, excellent attackers and counterattackers and two solid goalkeepers... Should have a lot of 'football' and could go either way...

France have the superior defence, but between Modric's deft passing, his threat at distance and the disruptive nature of Mandzukic and Perisic Croatia have more than enough to score...

I think it'll be a fun game... can't wait 😎

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Why at half time are the stats in favour of France?

Croatia have been the better team in everything but goals so far!

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The full match stats have France with more shots on target, although Croatia had higher posession, attempts and passing... I suppose Croatia's midfield dominance made them appear the better side, whereas France did more with the ball when they had it...

Was a thrilling match! Pogba and Mbappé's goals were great as was that strike from Perisić...

I think a worthy end to the World Cup and in a way I'm glad that there was some VAR controversy with the penalty as it raises the issue of VAR use that had plagued the group stage and was swept under the carpet in the knockout stages with the media parrotting the 97% (or whatever) "correct" statistic that FIFA released... Having this issue in the final means that VAR use will continue to be under scrutiny for years to come...

I think the best team of the tournament won... France had to beat Argentina, Uruguay, Belgium and Croatia.... The latter two were playing at the peak of their powers... I think France were part of the most exciting games (vs. Argentina and vs. Croatia) as well as responsible for the most boring game (vs. Denmark)...

However Croatia were the story of the tournament and I think most of the world fell in love with that team... The best midfield of the tournament and probably the strongest will of any team coming back from defeat so many times...

I think the Euros 2020 will be very interesting...

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Feel sorry for Croatia, for such a small country this may be their only chance. Congrats to France though!

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People said the same thing about them 20 years ago when they lost to France in the semi-final and came in third... They will be back, most likely with another generation of players...

I still expect them to do well in the Euro 2020 championships, but the World Cup 2022 might be a stretch for them considering their average age... They really should focus on giving their younger players game time in tournaments so they can learn from this generation... Great team

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