Les Blues were crowned world champions for the second time in their history after an enthralling 4-2 victory over Croatia in Moscow on Sunday. Pogba, Greizmann and Mpabbe were all on target for the French with Perisic and Madzukic grabbing consolation goals for the Croats. Enjoy the images from the world cup final.

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Three weeks ago we began a journey in which 32 nations contested for the biggest prize in international football and now only 2 remain standing.

Argentina’s Demise Has Been A Long Time Coming And Messi Isn’t To Blame

On Sunday in Moscow France and Croatia will contest for that coveted trophy in what promises to be an enthralling encounter. The French having been in a final 2 years ago in the Euros would not want a repeat of that feeling of loss when they were so close to glory.

For Croatia this is uncharted territories as they have surpassed their prevoius best finish in 1998 by reaching the final itself.



Ronaldo & Messi Collapse On World Stage But Still Remain The Greatest Players In History

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As Cristiano Ronaldo was brandished a second yellow card of the tournament that effectively ruled him out of the quarter finals which they had no hope of reaching, that feeling must have rung in him once again, “I have failed at the world cup again”.

For players like Ronaldo and Messi who’s Argentina team was a walking dead in many people’s eyes, much is expected of them after the pedestal they have placed themselves on in club football.

For the past 10 years they have dominated at club level winning the Ballon Do’r between them. Everyone has their reasons for choosing either of the two but one thing is clear, they are going to go down as the greatest players in history no matter what happens in their international careers.

This however could be the last time we see them in the world cup and it is quite sad that none of them could at least lift the cup once in their career. Messi was closest to doing that last time but were undone by a not so sharp Higuan and some poor finishing.

Ronaldo has gone as far as the semifinals, finishing 4th in his first tournament in Germany, falling short in 2010 to Spain and going out in group stages in 2014. These failures should rather emphasize to us how important the supporting cast is to these players success ; after all the whole is greater than the sum of the individual parts.

So as we bid farewell to the arguably the greatest players in the modern era of football, we will do so with fond memories of them, knowing they gave their all to the game and thanking them for making us love the game even more.

Argentina’s loss to Croatia on Thursday night has been something that was bound to happen sooner or later in this nascent world cup. From struggling to make qualification and winning one friendly against a not so much fancied opponent in Haiti, Argentina haven’t looked encouraging or promising in a long while.

To blame one player for such a situation is forgetting what this sport of football is all about. Lionel Messi is a great player on his day but even the greatest need a supporting cast to compliment them. How is Messi to stop Caballero from making such a stupid error in judgement when a simple boot of the ball would have done the trick?



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Argentina’s problems stems from something far more deeper than one player. The whole team lack cohesion. From Di Maria who was a peripheral figure against Iceland and rightly lost his place, to Aguero who despite scoring a goal against Iceland looked a shell of the ruthless Manchester City striker we all know. Mascherano was lethargic in both games and seems unable to control that midfield with authority. I could go on…



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But as is always the case the buck always stops with the manager. Jose Sampaoli was not much fancied man for the job by many and in build up to the tournament his selections were called into question with many feeling there far befitting players than those selected. He went into the tournament with a nation’s hopes on his shoulders but failed to find a solution to a problem Argentina has had for so long in defense. It was a night to forget for the him and his team.



Argentina can still qualify to the knock out stages but at this point they are better off going home and solving this conundrum of building a solid team capable of competing at the biggest of stages. Messi might have one last crack in four years to come but will have to hope the supporting cast won’t be as bad and anonymous as this one was.