Lionel Messi’s fourth World Cup ended in bitter, frustrating and all-too-familiar defeat on Saturday, with Argentina tumbling out from the competition with a 4-3 loss with a suddenly outstanding France.
Messi leaves after having a frustrating tournament where Argentina just hardly steered clear of a humiliating elimination from the group stage. However it ended as all his major tournaments with Argentina’s senior national team: without having a trophy, even though carrying the responsibility of a team defeat on his slight shoulders.
At 31, Messi should definitely get this to his last World Cup. He had two assists, unfortunately he never truly a consideration in the game and also the French deservedly won an incredible 90 minutes of football.
This is certainly one of the greatest matches in World Cup history. Immediately. Backwards and forwards craziness for 70 minutes, and a 20-minutes stretch in the second half that is certainly most likely the single craziest 20-minute stretch of all time. Messi is out of the World Cup, his international career may perhaps be over, and simply he could never win a trophy along with his country. In some cases, football could be that cruel.
France: Lloris; Pavard, Varane, Umtiti, Hernández; Mbappé (Thauvin), Pogba, Kanté, Matuidi (Tolisso); Griezmann (Fekir), Giroud
Goals: Griezmann (13’), Pavard (57’), Mbappé (64’, 68’)
Argentina: Armani; Mercado, Otamendi, Rojo (Fazio), Tagliafico; Pérez (Agüero), Mascherano, Banega; Pavón (Meza), Messi, Di María
Goals: Di María (41’), Mercado (48’), Agüero (90’+3)
Messi leaves after having a frustrating tournament where Argentina just hardly steered clear of a humiliating elimination from the group stage. However it ended as all his major tournaments with Argentina’s senior national team: without having a trophy, even though carrying the responsibility of a team defeat on his slight shoulders.
At 31, Messi should definitely get this to his last World Cup. He had two assists, unfortunately he never truly a consideration in the game and also the French deservedly won an incredible 90 minutes of football.
This is certainly one of the greatest matches in World Cup history. Immediately. Backwards and forwards craziness for 70 minutes, and a 20-minutes stretch in the second half that is certainly most likely the single craziest 20-minute stretch of all time. Messi is out of the World Cup, his international career may perhaps be over, and simply he could never win a trophy along with his country. In some cases, football could be that cruel.
France: Lloris; Pavard, Varane, Umtiti, Hernández; Mbappé (Thauvin), Pogba, Kanté, Matuidi (Tolisso); Griezmann (Fekir), Giroud
Goals: Griezmann (13’), Pavard (57’), Mbappé (64’, 68’)
Argentina: Armani; Mercado, Otamendi, Rojo (Fazio), Tagliafico; Pérez (Agüero), Mascherano, Banega; Pavón (Meza), Messi, Di María
Goals: Di María (41’), Mercado (48’), Agüero (90’+3)
