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You are here: Home / Sports / World Cup FINAL Open Thread: Argentina vs France

World Cup FINAL Open Thread: Argentina vs France

by Anne Laurie|  December 18, 20229:45 am| 154 Comments

This post is in: Sports, World Cup

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๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทArgentina vs France Head to Head Records;

๐ŸŸ๏ธ12 games
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท6 wins
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท3 wins
๐Ÿค3 draws

๐Ÿ†1930๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท0-1๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท
๐ŸŸ๏ธ1965๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท0-0๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท
๐ŸŸ๏ธ1971๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท3-4๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
๐ŸŸ๏ธ1971 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท2-0๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
๐ŸŸ๏ธ1972๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท0-0๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
๐ŸŸ๏ธ1974๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท0-1๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท
๐ŸŸ๏ธ1977๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท0-0๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
๐Ÿ†1978๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท2-1๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
๐ŸŸ๏ธ1986๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท2-0๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท
๐ŸŸ๏ธ2007๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท0-1๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท
๐ŸŸ๏ธ2009๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท0-2๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท
๐Ÿ†2018๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท4-3๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท#FIFAWorldCup|#ARG|#FRA pic.twitter.com/FDkHf8hrZO

โ€” FIFA World Cup Stats (@alimo_philip) December 17, 2022

Argentina vs France #FIFAWorldCup #Qatar2022 #ARGFRA pic.twitter.com/AydMlDoTUU

โ€” RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB) December 18, 2022

Argentina vs France prediction. You saw it here first. Messi to lift the trophy. pic.twitter.com/Zz8Ly34Psh

โ€” Denzil๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ (@Rodri_pedia) December 17, 2022

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  1. 1.

    WaterGirl

    December 18, 2022 at 9:47 am

    If you guys have appreciated all these World Cup threads from Anne Laurie, I hope you are telling her that in these threads! ย Because I can tell you that putting together 50 World Cup threads would have to be a ton of work.

    I’m sure it’s a labor of love, but it’s still labor. :-)

    So knowing whether having these threads has been a big deal to you would probably be really useful information for Anne Laurie. You know, just in case there is ever another World Cup again.

  2. 2.

    Anyway

    December 18, 2022 at 9:55 am

    Thank you Anne Laurie! Very much appreciate the World Cup posts. It was fun having a dedicated corner to shoot the breeze about all things WC …

    Now, Allez Les Bleus!

  3. 3.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 18, 2022 at 9:58 am

    Allez les Bleus!

    And thank you, AL, for putting these together.ย  Especially as you have no real interest in topic and this has been done purely for the fans of the game.

  4. 4.

    phdesmond

    December 18, 2022 at 9:58 am

    thank you very much indeed, Anne Laurie!

    Telemundo’s announcers are constantly throwing in tasty comments — one just exclaimed “bendito sea el futbol,”ย  blessed be football.

  5. 5.

    eclare

    December 18, 2022 at 10:02 am

    Allez les Bleus!

    Many thanks to Anne Laurie, these threads have been much appreciated!

  6. 6.

    WaterGirl

    December 18, 2022 at 10:03 am

    Is everyone here rooting for France?

  7. 7.

    Anyway

    December 18, 2022 at 10:05 am

    @WaterGirl:

    Where’s Alison Rose? She doesn’t want a France win. :-)

  8. 8.

    eclare

    December 18, 2022 at 10:06 am

    @Anyway:ย  ย She’s West Coast, but you’d think she’d be up.

  9. 9.

    Another Scott

    December 18, 2022 at 10:06 am

    Argentina had an unfair advantage (too early for me to be sure – maybe its marble was heavier?)

    Reminds me of the work that people have done to perfect the fastest pinewood derby car…

    Here’s to a good game, and no “hand of God” crap…

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  10. 10.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 18, 2022 at 10:10 am

    @WaterGirl: Argie fans will show up.ย  I am supporting France for two reasons.ย  First, I pick France as my team to support in soccer and rugby once the US has gone out back in the ’90s.ย  Second, France is probably the most diverse side in the Cup.ย  Most of their players are the children of immigrants and/or refugees.

  11. 11.

    SiubhanDuinne

    December 18, 2022 at 10:10 am

    @WaterGirl:

    Nope, not here!! (ETA: My landlord/current housemate spent much of his life in South America ย He controls the remote, and itโ€™s easier for me to root for Argentina than listen to hours of explanation about how wrong I am ๐Ÿ˜‰.)

    And many thanks to AL, not only for these World Cup threads, but for the myriad other threads she curates, assembles, aggregates, dreams up, and posts for our delectation at all hours of the day and night. Very much appreciated; too seldom acknowledged.

  12. 12.

    cope

    December 18, 2022 at 10:12 am

    Nasty elbow thrown there. I have no favorite in this game, I just hope itโ€™s a good one.

    My thanks go to AL for her efforts as well.

  13. 13.

    Scout211

    December 18, 2022 at 10:14 am

    @WaterGirl: Nope. Iโ€™m rooting for Messi, uh, I mean Argentina. But I would be fine if France repeats.

    And thanks, Anne Laurie! These WC threads have been really fun.

  14. 14.

    phdesmond

    December 18, 2022 at 10:14 am

    @WaterGirl: i’m rooting for both, cuz i’ve lived in both countries.

  15. 15.

    Alison Rose

    December 18, 2022 at 10:17 am

    @WaterGirl:

     

    @Anyway:

     

    @eclare:

    I’m up now! And LET’S GO ARGENTINA!!! :P

  16. 16.

    Alison Rose

    December 18, 2022 at 10:18 am

    Also, yes, thank you Anne Laurie! I know it’s only a small portion of the jackals who care about the Cup, but we have very much appreciated these threads!

  17. 17.

    WaterGirl

    December 18, 2022 at 10:20 am

    I am rooting for France because, well, France. ย But I’m also rooting for Messi.

  18. 18.

    Anyway

    December 18, 2022 at 10:22 am

    Fuck

  19. 19.

    Scout211

    December 18, 2022 at 10:23 am

    MESSI!!

  20. 20.

    Alison Rose

    December 18, 2022 at 10:23 am

    YESSSSSSSSSS BABY!

  21. 21.

    Alison Rose

    December 18, 2022 at 10:24 am

    Every single time, cool as you like.

  22. 22.

    phdesmond

    December 18, 2022 at 10:24 am

    GOAL! Argentina 1-0 France (Messi 23 pen).

  23. 23.

    JML

    December 18, 2022 at 10:35 am

    I’m a neutral on this one, just want to see a great match.

    Argentina has been the better side so far, France looks confused at how to handle a team that attacks them the way they attack other teams. Bit of a soft PK, but poor defending, and Argentina has been the team on the front foot the whole game, so France can’t whine too much.

  24. 24.

    prostratedragon

    December 18, 2022 at 10:35 am

    Argentina by a tango, since I have no real interest. Some things to be said for either.

  25. 25.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 18, 2022 at 10:36 am

    Well, this going to be tough for France.

  26. 26.

    Alison Rose

    December 18, 2022 at 10:36 am

    Fuck yeah!!!

  27. 27.

    Alison Rose

    December 18, 2022 at 10:37 am

    Damn, their passing is just gorgeous in this match.

  28. 28.

    Montanareddog

    December 18, 2022 at 10:37 am

    That was a bloody good goal

  29. 29.

    JML

    December 18, 2022 at 10:38 am

    Oh, my. That was an amazing goal. the touches were absolutely fantastic there. 5 perfect passes opened it all the way up for a lovely finish.

    France needs to get to half. I think they could re-set from this, they have so much attacking quality that if anyone can chase a game it’s France. But they need to cut this off and make some adjustments.

  30. 30.

    bjacques

    December 18, 2022 at 10:41 am

    A big thanks to AL for the footy!

    Respect to Messi, but if France win, heโ€™ll have 25 million consolations, courtesy of Saudi Arabia in their lobbying for the 2030 World Cup, so Iโ€™m supporting France.

  31. 31.

    Alison Rose

    December 18, 2022 at 10:41 am

    This is…interesting from France. Huh.

  32. 32.

    JML

    December 18, 2022 at 10:45 am

    @Alison Rose: Dembele has been bad. Sloppy defending gave away a PK, and he hasn’t doesn’t done anything good the whole game. Giroud isn’t at fault, but France is trying to change up their attack patterns and get something through the press and he’s probably not the right fit.

    But it’s a little tough for Giroud to come off like this at the same time as Dembele: the first is to change formation and attack strategy, the second is because of performance, but it looks like they’re both being lumped off early for poor play.

  33. 33.

    Anyway

    December 18, 2022 at 10:54 am

    Brutal half. Ugh.

  34. 34.

    cmorenc

    December 18, 2022 at 10:56 am

    Messi is having the sort of game he’d like to be remembered for so far. In 36th minute Argentina makes beautiful breakaway play, converts 2-0.ย  This game so far is Argentina’s dream game, France’s nightmare.ย  Mbappe totally neutralized so far by Argentine defense, which is forcing turnover after turnover.ย  Argentina putting on a clinic in playing out of tight spaces.

    Now halftime, France has some major reshuffling mentally and tactically to do if they are to climb back into the game.ย  Otherwise, it’s going to be the greatest party in Buenes Aires since the Argentine team with Maradona won WC in 1986.

  35. 35.

    Scout211

    December 18, 2022 at 11:01 am

    Wow. Mappรฉ with just 11 touches so far. Whut?!

  36. 36.

    Alison Rose

    December 18, 2022 at 11:05 am

    @Scout211: I’m sure he’ll be hearing about that during the half.

  37. 37.

    cmorenc

    December 18, 2022 at 11:07 am

    @JML:

    ย Bit of a soft PK, but poor defending

    Even though it wasn’t any sort blatant mugging, nevertheless there was an unambibous heel-clip foul from behind by French defender – a totally unnecessary, unforced error since there were two more French defenders ahead of the fouled Argentine attacker.

  38. 38.

    Alison Rose

    December 18, 2022 at 11:24 am

    Di Maria with that fancy footwork

  39. 39.

    JML

    December 18, 2022 at 11:26 am

    @cmorenc: agreed. I’ve seen more contact, but it was such a foolish play that you can’t argue against it. He was clipped enough.

  40. 40.

    billcinsd

    December 18, 2022 at 11:38 am

    @cmorenc: It was nowhere near the contact that wasn’t called a penalty in yesterday’s game. The dive after the touch was even similar.

    Messi is a convicted tax cheater, who basically got the European equivalent of a Holder Plan to convert his 21 month prison sentence into a fine that was about 10% of the fine he was given (which was about 20% of the tax burden he did not pay taxes on)

  41. 41.

    cope

    December 18, 2022 at 11:41 am

    May get interesting now.

  42. 42.

    JML

    December 18, 2022 at 11:42 am

    oooh, a PK for France!

  43. 43.

    Tom Levenson

    December 18, 2022 at 11:43 am

    Welp!

  44. 44.

    Alison Rose

    December 18, 2022 at 11:43 am

    Well, guess it’s about time he did something.

  45. 45.

    phdesmond

    December 18, 2022 at 11:44 am

    mbappe!

  46. 46.

    JML

    December 18, 2022 at 11:44 am

    Oh, my! how it all has turned so quickly…

  47. 47.

    eclare

    December 18, 2022 at 11:44 am

    Yay!!!

  48. 48.

    cope

    December 18, 2022 at 11:44 am

    Iโ€ฆuh,wow.

  49. 49.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 18, 2022 at 11:44 am

    Holy everloving fuck!

  50. 50.

    Alison Rose

    December 18, 2022 at 11:44 am

    what the fuuuuuuuu

  51. 51.

    trollhattan

    December 18, 2022 at 11:45 am

    Wow France, look at you.

  52. 52.

    JML

    December 18, 2022 at 11:45 am

    Mbappe is amazing. Just amazing.

  53. 53.

    trollhattan

    December 18, 2022 at 11:46 am

    Argentina were planning their party. Defense?

  54. 54.

    Tom Levenson

    December 18, 2022 at 11:46 am

    That was…

    …

    …

    brisk

  55. 55.

    YY_Sima Qian

    December 18, 2022 at 11:47 am

    Wow Kylian!

  56. 56.

    Cephalus Max

    December 18, 2022 at 11:51 am

    @Tom Levenson: Haha, indeed!

    75 mins of complete domination by Argentina, and then France just says, “ok, we’re flipping the switch.”

  57. 57.

    JML

    December 18, 2022 at 11:51 am

    France had no ideas in the first half, and looked totally lost. The Argentine press was wrecking them, and Di Maria’s goal was a brilliant counter. Everything was rolling Argentina’s way. France finally started to get some attacks towards goal, but it was still Argentina in control, until a moment of sloppy defending opened the door with the PK (and another fair one, IMHO). Then you get a brilliant second goal for France and now it’s all back on the table.

    What a final!

  58. 58.

    YY_Sima Qian

    December 18, 2022 at 11:55 am

    @JML: Shades of Argentinaโ€™s quarterfinal against the Netherlands.

  59. 59.

    JML

    December 18, 2022 at 12:01 pm

    @YY_Sima Qian: it’s got a little of that feel. Argentina not able to keep that unbelievable press clean the entire game, and then it flails around

  60. 60.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 18, 2022 at 12:01 pm

    Quite a final.

  61. 61.

    eclare

    December 18, 2022 at 12:02 pm

    Wow!

  62. 62.

    Diceros bicornis

    December 18, 2022 at 12:03 pm

    30 minute prolongation. The fans of both sides look exhausted. Been a lotta yelling in my house so far, my foot-watching partner is wrung out!

  63. 63.

    Alison Rose

    December 18, 2022 at 12:04 pm

    BAH

  64. 64.

    Steeplejack

    December 18, 2022 at 12:05 pm

    I hope the play-by-play announcer takes some oxygen and composes himself for extra time. Dude, you don’t have to yell everything. We get that it’s exciting!

  65. 65.

    Steeplejack

    December 18, 2022 at 12:06 pm

    That was such a sweet combination on that second French goal.

  66. 66.

    Scout211

    December 18, 2022 at 12:07 pm

    Okay. Wow. Mbappรฉ finally showed his brilliance. A new match now.

  67. 67.

    JML

    December 18, 2022 at 12:09 pm

    OMG, someone muzzle Alexi Lalas. Apparently he decided “intensity = volume” and is hoping that by yelling at us we might miss the fact that he hasn’t said anything insightful for a month…

  68. 68.

    YY_Sima Qian

    December 18, 2022 at 12:11 pm

    @JML: The play announcers in Chinese TV are actually pretty good, informative but not distracting.

  69. 69.

    Scout211

    December 18, 2022 at 12:12 pm

    @JML: This is why I watch sports with the sound off or closed captioning on. ย I do miss a few things but I donโ€™t miss the constant blather or the yelling.

  70. 70.

    billcinsd

    December 18, 2022 at 12:18 pm

    @JML: C’mon, it’s been far longer than a month since Lalas said anything inciteful.

    I like how the non-color guy was talking about Canavings and Kingsley Coman is shown and he identifies him as Camavinga

  71. 71.

    JML

    December 18, 2022 at 12:19 pm

    @billcinsd: Fox’s coverage has been dreadful.

  72. 72.

    billcinsd

    December 18, 2022 at 12:25 pm

    @JML: Yes, although Landon Donovan was decent. I liked Clint Dempsey saying Mbappe needed to work harder on defense, when Clint was not known for his defensive work rate

  73. 73.

    HumboldtBlue

    December 18, 2022 at 12:28 pm

    WOW!!!!

  74. 74.

    Amir Khalid

    December 18, 2022 at 12:29 pm

    This will go to penalties, methinks.

    ETA: I could be wrong.

  75. 75.

    Gin & Tonic

    December 18, 2022 at 12:30 pm

    @Amir Khalid: Maybe not?

  76. 76.

    JML

    December 18, 2022 at 12:30 pm

    wow, what a sequence! I thought he might have been offsides. I thought they might have kept it out of the net. But no! it’s a goal for Argentina.

  77. 77.

    YY_Sima Qian

    December 18, 2022 at 12:31 pm

    Wow!

  78. 78.

    trollhattan

    December 18, 2022 at 12:33 pm

    @JML: Was disappointed at the ESPN withdrawal from soccer, because Fox is not the best landing spot.

  79. 79.

    eclare

    December 18, 2022 at 12:36 pm

    Holy shit!

  80. 80.

    HumboldtBlue

    December 18, 2022 at 12:36 pm

    WOW!!!

    What a match, so many times major finals are boring, and this was shaping up to be a ho-hum second half and then comes the Mbappe magic.

  81. 81.

    trollhattan

    December 18, 2022 at 12:36 pm

    RU kidding me?

  82. 82.

    JML

    December 18, 2022 at 12:37 pm

    Are you kidding me?!? This match is drunk. I’m glad I’m a neutral on this one, if it was my team playing in this I’d be dead.

  83. 83.

    YY_Sima Qian

    December 18, 2022 at 12:38 pm

    I canโ€™t breathโ€ฆ & I โ€˜m only slightly partial to France.

  84. 84.

    phdesmond

    December 18, 2022 at 12:38 pm

    three goals in one game!ย  mbappe!

  85. 85.

    different-church-lady

    December 18, 2022 at 12:38 pm

    @Amir Khalid:ย โ€‹
      Or, you could be right.

  86. 86.

    raven

    December 18, 2022 at 12:40 pm

    A great game this and ya’ll are whining about the fucking announcers.

  87. 87.

    Alison Rose

    December 18, 2022 at 12:41 pm

    I feel like the Wicked Witch after Dorothy splashes her with water

  88. 88.

    billcinsd

    December 18, 2022 at 12:41 pm

    @raven: Hey announcers have an effect on game enjoyment

  89. 89.

    Steeplejack

    December 18, 2022 at 12:42 pm

    @YY_Sima Qian:

    Same!

  90. 90.

    billcinsd

    December 18, 2022 at 12:45 pm

    and it’s to penalties, probably favors Argentina a little bit

  91. 91.

    Tom Levenson

    December 18, 2022 at 12:45 pm

    I am…

    exhausted.

    And all I’ve done is sit back.

  92. 92.

    Cacti

    December 18, 2022 at 12:46 pm

    FIFA has done everything possible to make sure their golden boy Messi won this game.

    Go France. (only time I’ll ever say that)

  93. 93.

    gene108

    December 18, 2022 at 12:47 pm

    @billcinsd:

    Frances goalie has outplayed Argentinaโ€™s goalie this game.

  94. 94.

    Amir Khalid

    December 18, 2022 at 12:47 pm

    @Gin & Tonic:

    Well, well, well. I was right after all.

  95. 95.

    JML

    December 18, 2022 at 12:52 pm

    Emi Martinez is pretty great at penalties. (Up the Villa!)

  96. 96.

    billcinsd

    December 18, 2022 at 12:52 pm

    @gene108: but Martinez is better at saving PKs

  97. 97.

    billcinsd

    December 18, 2022 at 12:53 pm

    If Loris was good at saving Pks, he could have saved 3 of the 4 he has faced so far

  98. 98.

    Tom Levenson

    December 18, 2022 at 12:53 pm

    Feh.

  99. 99.

    Cacti

    December 18, 2022 at 12:56 pm

    FIFA got what they wanted.

  100. 100.

    YY_Sima Qian

    December 18, 2022 at 12:56 pm

    Congrats Argentina!

  101. 101.

    cmorenc

    December 18, 2022 at 12:56 pm

    Greatest game of all-time.ย  Messi gets his WC.

  102. 102.

    Alison Rose

    December 18, 2022 at 12:56 pm

    YAAAASSSSS BITCH!!!

  103. 103.

    Alison Rose

    December 18, 2022 at 12:57 pm

    @Cacti: Argentina fucking earned it, shut up

  104. 104.

    Gin & Tonic

    December 18, 2022 at 12:58 pm

    @Amir Khalid: Indeed you were, sir.

  105. 105.

    raven

    December 18, 2022 at 12:58 pm

    See those tears of joy? That’s what it was like here in Athens when we beat Alabama to win the National Championship!!!!

  106. 106.

    JML

    December 18, 2022 at 12:59 pm

    Fantastic final. Argentina gets the win in an epic match.

    Mbappe is the best player in the world, though.

    What an amazing match. It had everything!

  107. 107.

    Dangerman

    December 18, 2022 at 12:59 pm

    Seems to me that kick save around 118 was the winning play.

  108. 108.

    Cacti

    December 18, 2022 at 1:00 pm

    @Alison Rose: GFY

    Netherlands and today. The most racist team in SA got an assist from the zebras.

  109. 109.

    James E Powell

    December 18, 2022 at 1:01 pm

    @trollhattan:

    because Fox is not the best landing spot.

    Evergreen.

  110. 110.

    Alison Rose

    December 18, 2022 at 1:01 pm

    @Cacti: “most racist” huh? Did you perform a scientific assessment? You are aware that there is just a tiiiiiiny bit of fucking racism in France, right? They get pissed if you even mention how many African players they have.

    Whatever, cry more.

  111. 111.

    different-church-lady

    December 18, 2022 at 1:03 pm

    Wow, that escalated fast…

  112. 112.

    eclare

    December 18, 2022 at 1:03 pm

    @Dangerman:ย  ย Good point.

  113. 113.

    Dadadadadadada

    December 18, 2022 at 1:05 pm

    My condolences to that Chilean dude who found Argentinean tourists insufferable before this.

  114. 114.

    trollhattan

    December 18, 2022 at 1:06 pm

    @Dangerman: Huge, and the announcers correctly cited its importance at the time.

    120 hard-fought minutes. Whew.

  115. 115.

    JML

    December 18, 2022 at 1:08 pm

    @Cacti: dude. as a neutral let me help you out: the officiating was fair and did not decide the match.

  116. 116.

    Cacti

    December 18, 2022 at 1:08 pm

    @Alison Rose: Say you’ve never been to SA without saying it.

    Argentina is racist AF.

    Google their Presidents comments about Brazil and Mexico. Or their fan song about the black French players.

  117. 117.

    Dadadadadadada

    December 18, 2022 at 1:09 pm

    @gene108: A goalie playing well is a sure sign of a game going badly, because that’s the only time a goalie needs to play well.

  118. 118.

    phdesmond

    December 18, 2022 at 1:09 pm

    The updatedย World Cup roll of honour.
    5:ย Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
    4:ย Italy (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), Germany (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014)
    3:ย Argentinaย (1978, 1986, 2022)
    2:ย Uruguay (1930, 1950), France (1998, 2018)
    1:ย England (1966), Spain (2010)

  119. 119.

    Steeplejack

    December 18, 2022 at 1:09 pm

    @Dadadadadadada:

    My brother-in-law reports that the Brazilians also think the Argentines are dicks.

  120. 120.

    bjacques

    December 18, 2022 at 1:10 pm

    @raven: here in another Athens, thereโ€™s just the tinny cafe piano playing Take Five. We watched it on a friendโ€™s phone.

  121. 121.

    Cacti

    December 18, 2022 at 1:10 pm

    @JML: OKay Diego.

  122. 122.

    different-church-lady

    December 18, 2022 at 1:11 pm

    I occurs to me that attempting to decide which country’s sports fans are the most racist is akin to determining which dwarf is tallest.

  123. 123.

    Alison Rose

    December 18, 2022 at 1:11 pm

    @Cacti: NEWSFLASH: There are racists in literally every country on Earth. No one country is “the most racist” and your insistence on this is pathetic. If France had won and I came in here screeching about how Islamophobic their society is, would that have anything to do with the team? If the USMNT won (LOL) would it be fair for people to list aaaaaaaaaall the racist shit about this country? Just stop it.

  124. 124.

    Alison Rose

    December 18, 2022 at 1:12 pm

    @different-church-lady: Well, that’s obviously me. But not by much.

  125. 125.

    HumboldtBlue

    December 18, 2022 at 1:13 pm

    France also lost on penalties in 2006 to Italy.

  126. 126.

    Cacti

    December 18, 2022 at 1:14 pm

    @Steeplejack: Pretty much the rest of SA thinks the Argies are racist because…

    They are.

  127. 127.

    Dadadadadadada

    December 18, 2022 at 1:15 pm

    @Steeplejack: My sources in Mexico report much the same.

  128. 128.

    Cacti

    December 18, 2022 at 1:15 pm

    @Alison Rose: And how much time have you spent in South America?

  129. 129.

    Gin & Tonic

    December 18, 2022 at 1:16 pm

    A thrilling game. I could watch that Di Maria goal or the second Mbappe goal over and over. And Emi Martinez was the star for AR, IMO

  130. 130.

    Cacti

    December 18, 2022 at 1:17 pm

    @Alison Rose: Or let me guess, you’re an ethnic Argie?

  131. 131.

    different-church-lady

    December 18, 2022 at 1:20 pm

    @Cacti:ย  @Alison Rose: You two need to settle this match with penalty kicks. To the groin.

  132. 132.

    JML

    December 18, 2022 at 1:20 pm

    @Cacti: and WTF does this have to do with the Cup Final? seriously, mah dude, we get it: you hate Argentina. This doesn’t make you better. And your name-calling was racist, so…think you’ve lost the plot here.

  133. 133.

    Alison Rose

    December 18, 2022 at 1:20 pm

    @Cacti: None. Why does that fucking matter? I’m not saying no one in all of South America or Argentina is a racist. Like I said, and like you keep ignoring, there are racists in every country. Am I not allowed to have any opinions on any country if I haven’t been there? What the fuck is your problem?

  134. 134.

    Alison Rose

    December 18, 2022 at 1:22 pm

    @Cacti: No you stupid sack of shit, I’m an Ashkenazi Jew of all European ancestry. Trust me, I know what it’s like to be on the receiving end of bigotry. I also know that it happens EVERYWHERE. Acting like a country doesn’t deserve to win a sports game because some of them are racist is so fucking stupid, I can’t even put it into words. Get over yourself.

    Fuck this, I’m pieing you. You’re pathetic.

  135. 135.

    Hitchhiker

    December 18, 2022 at 1:26 pm

    Yesterday watched the Vikings/Colts, today watched France/Argentina … both days, turned the tv on at halftime! I’m on a roll.

  136. 136.

    Cacti

    December 18, 2022 at 1:27 pm

    @Alison Rose: Thanks for conceding that you’re a yokel who hasn’t been anywhere.

  137. 137.

    Alison Rose

    December 18, 2022 at 1:29 pm

    @Cacti: Guess I wasn’t quick enough, but I’ll say one more thing: No, you absolute asshole. I’m fucking disabled and cannot travel, and have been this way for about two decades. So take your xenophobic, ableist, pompous bullshit elsewhere.

  138. 138.

    Cacti

    December 18, 2022 at 1:32 pm

    Fun fact. You cheered for the favorite landing pad of third Reich fugitives.

    I’m sure it’s totes a coincidence that they preferred Argentina. ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ˜‰

  139. 139.

    Gin & Tonic

    December 18, 2022 at 1:35 pm

    @Cacti: If youโ€™ve been to Bariloche, youโ€™d know that modern Argentina is doing a decent job of addressing that history.

  140. 140.

    TerryTime

    December 18, 2022 at 1:36 pm

    @Cacti: AND I’mย  sure nothing there has changed in 75+ years.

  141. 141.

    phdesmond

    December 18, 2022 at 1:39 pm

    @Cacti: you’re tiresome.

  142. 142.

    Cacti

    December 18, 2022 at 1:39 pm

    @TerryTime: Their sitting President said Mexicans and Brazilians “came from the jungle”.

  143. 143.

    different-church-lady

    December 18, 2022 at 1:40 pm

    @Cacti:ย โ€‹
      Holy god, man, Hitler’s been dead for at least 30 years now!

  144. 144.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    December 18, 2022 at 1:42 pm

    @different-church-lady: but celebrated anti-racist Jean-Marie LePen still graces this Earth with his presence, and has blessed it with generations of his enlightened progeny!

  145. 145.

    Cacti

    December 18, 2022 at 1:43 pm

    @different-church-lady: Their sitting President called the two most populous Lat Am countries jungle people, way back in…2021.

  146. 146.

    different-church-lady

    December 18, 2022 at 1:45 pm

    @Cacti:ย โ€‹
      Uhh… have you checked out our previous president?

  147. 147.

    Cacti

    December 18, 2022 at 1:48 pm

    @different-church-lady: I didn’t cheer for his favorite teams.

  148. 148.

    different-church-lady

    December 18, 2022 at 1:50 pm

    @Cacti: Well aren’t you the most informed consumer ever.

  149. 149.

    Cacti

    December 18, 2022 at 1:55 pm

    @different-church-lady: I knows what I knows. And I know that Argentina is racist AF. I’m not sorry for saying so.

    I don’t make excuses for US racism either.

  150. 150.

    billcinsd

    December 18, 2022 at 2:25 pm

    @Alison Rose: Assuming they did, it would be their first WC championship win where that was the case

  151. 151.

    Kent

    December 18, 2022 at 2:34 pm

    @Dadadadadadada:My condolences to that Chilean dude who found Argentinean tourists insufferable before this.

    That’s my brother-in-law.ย  He’s in mourning!

    He works for BNP-Paribas and so spends lots of time in Paris.

    Regardless of whether or not they are racist, most of the rest of South America isn’t all that fond of Argentinians.ย  They tend to run in big noisy packs and act like loud entitled jerks.ย  If you are in a bar or restaurant or store in Chile and there are groups of noisy people yelling across the room at each other and treating the bartenders/waitresses/clerks like dirt, chances are they are rich Argentinians.ย  Rich Russians behave similarly around Europe.

    It is a country with tremendous resources and every advantage.ย  The fact that they aren’t as rich as the Swiss or Norwegians is entirely on them.

    A generation ago Argentina probably had double the per-capita GNP of Chile.ย  In recent years, Chile has passed them.ย  That is entirely self-inflicted.

  152. 152.

    smintheus

    December 18, 2022 at 2:49 pm

    @phdesmond:ย  The Argentine dictators bribed their way to the ’78 WC title…including both bribing and selecting/imposing the referee for the Final that year They simply refused to allow FIFA’s selection to stand, made threats about that referee, and substituted someone they had already bribed…and FIFA allowed it to happen.ย  This was after Argentina had already bribed another squad to throw a match so Argentina could get out of the group stage.

     

    So the first title is not an honor to celebrate, but a black mark against their nation. The second title was the one in which Maradona cheated more than usual, so a black mark against Argentina in its own way.

     

    And this title was the one in which their goalkeeper should have received a red card during the penalties for insulting/abusive action.

     

    Those who have said on this thread that Argentinians are notorious punks are absolutely right. Their great hero is a tax cheat after all.

  153. 153.

    Ella in New Mexico

    December 18, 2022 at 4:50 pm

    @Alison Rose:

    What the fuck is your problem?

    I’m so sorry you got caught in another one of Cacti’s brutish post-Saturday-night bender rage fests in which they decide that if they feel like shit, then dammit EVERYONE feels like shit so they bully someone cowardly behind a nymn at our little blog, as if it’s some kind of worthy conquest.

    Poor, lonely, sad little Cacti. Saw a bunch of us having a nice, fun, lighthearted morning enjoying something without regard to all the bad shit going on in the world for like 5 minutes and their misery meant they had to drop trou and shit all over it.

    For the record, The Game is about the beauty of soccer, it’s players, and not the politics or history of the country they come from, and Messi is one of the GOAT who has brought joy to millions and millions. Cacti can’t enjoy the simple appreciation of that, while you and the rest of us can.

    I’d tell Cacti to fuck off but they already are a miserable little ball of meanness so they’re suffering enough as it is so what’s the point.

  154. 154.

    Paul in KY

    December 19, 2022 at 9:11 am

    I wish France had won. Kudos to Argentina and their great goalkeeping.

    Maybe some ‘Argentinenus’ in his display when receiving the goalkeeper award.

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