They are a brilliant couple, worthy of the finale. Only Argentina – Brazil was brighter, but at the intersections, except for the semi-finals, it didn’t work out. France is a great team, perhaps for many favorites, as the winner of the trophy and with the second reaching the final in a row.

However, Argentina is not going to be naive, like Morocco, which missed its chances due to inexperience and paid for it. Last time the French won 4-3, but then we had Sampaoli as a coach and a lot of internal problems.

Now Scaloni, Ayala and Aimar make up an excellent team, we have a serious and talented team. The only thing you can be sure of is that the bodies will fall, the world will be chained.

As a footballer, I want to experience emotions, a celebration, a song, laughter of victory and tears of defeat, this and nothing else.

Everyone is talking about Messi and Mbappe. There are others who can make a difference, like the amazing Griezmann in an unprecedented position where he defends, gets the first ball, does everything perfectly, it’s a revelation.

Mbappe is not only quick in the box, we have seen what he can do in this area as well. Messi can be envied, he has been proving in every game for many years that he is the best, he deserves to get the only thing he lacks.

Diego, however, is not. There will never be another Maradona, what he did is unimaginable, in a time when football was barbaric, with kicks above the knee.

One will try to neutralize the big personality of the other. Big stars clean up big games to some extent, but in today’s football, most of the work is not on the players and coaches, but on the analysts.

They will weigh thousands of details to determine the strategy. Some cultists think modern football is something simple, they don’t know it’s science.

Everyone will work hard on the one detail that decides the game.

For us in Argentina, such a final is much more than an “innocent” game. Diego made all the underprivileged proud, I hope Lionel will do the same…

They are the best couple for a brilliant ending. In one team, the best player in the world Messi, and in the other his successor Mbappe, both teammates in the Parisian team.

With a slight though beloved edge, I anoint France because they outperform the line of attack, they have more firepower with the four super players they have in attack.

On the other hand, Messi seems to want it more than anyone, and this time around he has players who can support him, such as Alvarez, who played a decisive role in the semi-final.

On top of that, it’s still the beginning of the season and it’s still a lot fresher than it would be in summer at the end of the season.

Tactics will play a big role. France are a very fast team and can count on Argentina to have the ball to attack more on the open field.

She is also very strong in static phases, while getting a lot of help from all of her players, not just the most popular ones.

Argentina will want to score on their attack, but that will only give them an edge if they find a way to cut out the fast French counter-attacks that make any defense feel vulnerable.

All this is a double-edged sword, little things can matter. Tactical analysis will be crucial, the way the two coaches decide to deal with difficulties.

France in the lead

This is definitely a brilliant ending. They play with two very big teams, with amazing players who I think deservedly made it to the end of the road. These are two sets that have a different way of playing. On the one hand, France is clearly more like a team.

He relies on his overall function, but that doesn’t mean that Mbappé’s shots and speed can’t make a difference and decide the outcome of a match, even at this level. How much Didier Deschamps worked for his team can be seen in the role and performance of Griezmann.

I think this is the apocalypse of France. He is great in this role because, first of all, he is a very smart player. He brought a great balance to France’s game, given that he was often absent from the start of the tournament. What France does, it does very well. We also saw it in the semi-final against Morocco, a very good team that didn’t accidentally make it into the top four.

On the other hand, of course, it’s Messi. He is the one who makes the Argentina team better as a lot of their game depends on his own game and luckily for them he is hosting the best tournament of his career. Lionel Scaloni looked for him quite a bit after the loss to Saudi Arabia and the change in attack with Álvarez in place of Lautaro Martinez was very important.

City’s ‘baby’ gives Messi more decisions with his moves compared to Lautaro, which was also seen against Croatia where he scored three goals in three chances. In addition, Otametti has a great tournament, as does Emiliano Martinez, who is a very good goalkeeper.

I don’t think there is a clear favorite in the final because, despite the expectation, we can see a bad game that is decided on penalties, although I give a slight advantage to France.

But overall it was a very good World Cup. It helped a lot that it was in the middle of the season, because the players are in their best form, going straight from the championship to Qatar without slowing down.

messi deserve it

Everything stopped in the country for this game. The whole world took to the streets to celebrate the victories over Holland and Croatia.

Imagine what happens if we raise a cup. This is a historic moment for our football years later. I think we will see a quality final with two great teams and I think we will be the winners. We awaken passion and soul, show that we were ready to win the tournament.

And especially Messi. He wants to lift the cup, he is determined, he deserves it because he is still the best of all. He may not have the spark he had at 27 or 28, but he brings all the experience he has gained over the years to his game.

That experience is what matters so far. He is a leader and leads others. I won’t say if his frame will be next to Maradona’s frame. When Maradona lifted the cup, it was in 1986, now in 2022.

Another time, but, of course, the people of Argentina will be grateful to him, because they need this difference. Of course, a very large share of the success also belongs to Scaloni, who, when he led the team, was criticized a lot. However, the update he made was successful, and young people such as Alvarez, Fernandez, McAllister fully justified it.

Quality and disadvantages

I believe that this will be a game worthy of the World Cup final, which will be decided in detail. France is a quality team with great speed, however, as I saw in the game against Morocco, they have weaknesses in defense.

If they make the same mistakes, Argentina will take advantage of this and win. And with England, France faced considerable problems. Argentina has the best mentality at the moment and Messi wants the trophy more than anything and this time it looks like he can handle the pressure.

I talk to my relatives in the country every day and 45 million people idolize him. They are ready to recognize him as equal to Maradona if he raises the cup. In addition, they both will have large balladors from the same goblet for both.

It is no coincidence that on the flags, on the banners of the fans, Diego, along with Messi in the photographs, and they lead the team to the trophy.

The element that could affect is the one extra day of rest that Argentina had after the semi-finals.

Scaloni gave excellent coaching examples in terms of tactics. He strengthened the team’s midfield function and managed to free Messi. It is no coincidence that before the match with Saudi Arabia the team did not lose for 36 games.