Sunday, July 15, 2018

Winner: France

It is over and the French are the winners of the 2018 World Cup. Arguably the greatest World Cup ever, definitely the best of the modern, France defeated Croatia 4-2 in the final and made manager Didier Deschamps only the third person to have won the trophy both as a player and a manager. However, were the French deserved winners?


Now I know there are some out there who would argue that Croatia had more of the ball yesterday but anyone who watched the game could see that the French were the more dangerous side. Between Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann, they had two players in attack that could outpace any defender in the Croatian team and with N’Golo Kante and Paul Pogba, they had a defensive block in midfield that made going down the center of the park almost impossible for Croatia. On many occasions yesterday, Croatian captain Luka Modric (who was the Golden Ball winner for being best player at the tournament) had to drop deep to pick up the ball. The Croatian tried hard but despite French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris’ best efforts to give them a lift, it just wasn’t enough and I thought France deserved to win the game yesterday.

Some people would argue that they weren’t the best team in the World Cup and I won’t argue with that. For me, Belgium was the best and most exciting team in Russia but the French had a good defense, a strong midfield, and a deadly attack. So were the French deserved winners? In a word, Yes!



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