Well, today showed the absolute incredible best of what futbol can be, for 75 minutes Argentina dominated but the young French superstar Mbappe had five minutes of brilliance and scored twice in about 90 seconds to tie it up. Both sides had chances late in regulation but it was 2-2 to added extra time. Messi with his second goal seemed to get the win but then Mbappe completed his hat trick and at 3-3 it went to penalty kicks. The tension was so palpable and it was the Argentine goalie with a huge save on the second taker and then France's third whipped it wide, all four Argentines made their PK's and Argentina lifted the Cup.
To me, the Messi-Maradonna debate was never really a debate and if it wasnt clear to anyone before it should be now. The only real debate on the futbol GOAT is Messi and Pele and both have a ridiculously strong cases and no wrong choice between the two.
4 years to the World Cup in the USA and both Arlington and Houston as host sites with a better then zero chance Arlington gets the final.
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Last edited: Dec 18, 2022