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MOSCOW – At the end, Didier Deschamps in the rain watched the stands after his team beat Croatia 4-2 in the World Cup final, Water dripping on his face. Two years ago, he had been the loser after Portugal beat France 1-0 in the European Championships and now the French had redemption and the World at their feet. [19659004WhiletheeventsofaMundianwatchhaveaniverseofthosecontemplatedforwatchingorcarryingforwardingtheirownpersonalexperiencesofthemomentswhethertheywerespecial
Now that the curtain has finally been drawn on Russia 2018 and France crowned champion in a rainy Moscow city, it is time to revisit some of the best and worst times that me come to the spirit of the games that I have been playing in the stadiums over the last five weeks
win over Saudi Arabia will not stay long in my memory, main For the fact that as soon as as Luis Suarez opened the scoring, the winner has never been in doubt. However, the Saudis recovered well to claim some Group A pride with a late winner to defeat Egypt 2-1 in a Volgograd tournament, where the disappointment was that Mohamed Salah was clearly lacking form. physical.
with Poland 1-0, but with Japan badured of a place in the last 16 minutes with 10 minutes remaining, was perhaps a personal low point, especially since the Japanese have shown in all other games that they played, that they are an exciting and aggressive team
Even the coach of Japan admitted at his press conference that he was not He was not happy with what he had done. No other player in the Volgograd Arena had as many whistles and whistles.
The 3-3 draw between Spain and Portugal in Sochi was a great way to start with a hat-trick of Cristiano Ronaldo in a draw. Indeed, the performance of Spain implied that they had not been too affected by the dismissal of coach Julen Lopetegui just 48 hours before the kickoff. How unlucky we were …
The 1-1 draw against Switzerland in Rostov-on-Don showed that for all their attackers, Neymar and company would have problems with their connection between the middle of field and attack, although The Swiss also showed that they deserved to be taken much more seriously as a football nation. A memory at the origin of this match was to "sambaing" the Brazilians on the Moscow flight; This is not great for a nervous aviator if we believe the truth.
Brazil seemed to be back on track when it beat Mexico 2-0 in the last 16 minutes; frustrating for the Mexicans, who have reached the same stage in 5 World Cups and have never pbaded. After the first 20 minutes in Samara, it seemed pretty obvious that the story was going to be repeated.
The big talking point of this match was the "play" charges against Neymar, who needed 4 minutes of treatment after Mexican defender Miguel Layun stepped on his ankle. There was a contact (impossible to see from the stands) … but how much was actually a moot point, although 'Twitter' very quickly decided on the attacker who is still driving while I write.
At a distance, it was nice to be still in Samara to see them progress towards the last four with a comfortable 2-0 win over Sweden. Harry Maguire stood up like a Sputnik to win the first goal and confirm it (to me at least) as one of the tournament players.
The semi-final of France against Belgium was criticized for being too defensive. Belgian players after losing 1-0. I thought it was a fascinating game in the splendor of St. Petersburg; two tactically intelligent teams testing themselves in the limits and separated by the narrowest margin, with the best team of the winning night.
And this set up the last act of the tournament: Kylian Mbappe demolishing the wing: Antoine Griezmann and the French celebrations 24 hours after Bastille Day and Deschamps looking to the sky while the lights of the Artifice was extinguished and the rain fell
It was a month and a day … the hour to go home to the moments of its own.
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