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Argentina vs Portugal. Messi vs Ronaldo. Last World Cup for both.
They're on the same side of the drawFrance and Brazil in terms of quality but Brazil vs Argentina in terms of rivalry and the fact that we might get a world cup final with more than one red card while setting off diplomatic alarms.
My vote as well.England v. Argentina
Will have been too early for you, but my overwhelmingly main association when reading the phrase "France vs Brazil" is their quarterfinal matchup in 1986, considered by some to be the finest game ever played in a WC.France vs Brazil. My first world cup final memory was the '98 one so huge nostalgic factor. That and watching Neymar vs Mbappe face off .
Oh yes.England v Croatia. Revenge for 2018…
and again, the same boring shit in CL with the same clubs winning it year after year.Argentina Portugal with what it entails would be insane. Goat vs goat, the winner taking a big dump on the other's achievements with no chance to correct it.
But hopefully it's France v Brazil. After Neymar kicks Messi out, he gets his dream crushed by Mbappé: PSG implosion, out of the CL, club disbanded, Peace on Earth.
We also had a very entertaining game in 1986.France vs Brazil without a doubt for me. They're usually going to be entertaining games, France likes to turn up the skills when they come up against Brazil, and it usually winds up being a very entertaining game, whether it was the 3-0 of '98 or the 1-0 of '06, there was plenty to enjoy as a neutral.
The one with the Ronaldinho free kick and subsequent red card, isn't it?Brazil vs France is the most popular choice. I want a Brazil-England. I remember when we played Brazil in one World Cup in the morning and I watched it at school good old days. Be interesting to watch a brazil-Spain game… both like to keep hold of possession… Neymar would get frustrated at not seeing much of the ball.
That’s the one. Wasn’t it the 2002 WC?The one with the Ronaldinho free kick and subsequent red card, isn't it?
Remember it vividly, while I was only 9 at the time.
Any combination with Spain would almost certainly not be entertaining. Possession football is fecking boring. Brazil vs France/England would be miles better.Most entertaining would definitely be Spain vs Brazil IMO.
Netherlands are good and organized, can have some great plays, but not entertaining. Argentina are pure panic and emotion but play shit on a stick football really, too content with drab games. England only ever have like 8-10 shots per game unless the opposition is garbage. France as well is too content to play negative football with just countering through Mbappe and Dembele. Can be great to watch once it opens up, but usually is a bit of a dead game and just relying on mistakes/bit of pace to break. Portugal with a different manager I'm sure would be great to watch, and they're capable of great play, but Santos just loves to shut up shop.
Brazil can play very good football, but also have plenty of periods where they like to just shut things down. Brazil looked great yesterday though in that first half, though the opposition wasn't good. I still feel like Brazil in a tough game will be like England ish, so we'll see. Spain is the only team that I am confident wants to play dominating, attacking football in every game.
I'm fine with whatever combination of Netherlands/Argentina/Brazil against France/England/Spain/Portugal. Think they'll all have a lot of good storylines and potential for good play and being even. England vs Netherlands would probably be the most dead game if anything. Would be even, but a painfully slow and low event game. So please no to that one.
Can't believe people are picking entertaining finals that don't include at least one of those teams. France should be included for Mbappe alone.France v Brazil.
The two best teams at the tournament.
Spain play possession football but they are far from boring. They are a very good side, but they aren't stupidly dominant where it's boring to watch because the others can't lay a glove on them like the Del Bosque side. They also press high, and try to attack with the possession, rather than kill time or be cautious with it.Any combination with Spain would almost certainly not be entertaining. Possession football is fecking boring. Brazil vs France/England would be miles better.
Indeed. Should've been Belgium vs England if not for the perfectly good Wilmots header which was disallowed in the round of 16That’s the one. Wasn’t it the 2002 WC?
Still reckon this Spain team are entertaining? They are fecking dire.Spain play possession football but they are far from boring. They are a very good side, but they aren't stupidly dominant where it's boring to watch because the others can't lay a glove on them like the Del Bosque side. They also press high, and try to attack with the possession, rather than kill time or be cautious with it.
I don't think a single neutral fan would say England as one of the 2 teams would be one of the more entertaining options Southgate's football is effective but it's shit on a stick football. Even in comfortable win against Senegal... you still only had 8 shots in the game. It's negative, it's killing the game and trying to win on set pieces or a random counter (not an attacking style of counter football) and a 1-0 win. France I'm cautious on, as they haven't played a high level team yet. But Deschamps has in the past done the same where he likes to just shut the game down, except he has Mbappe and Dembele in attack to counter, so that's a pretty elite pair to make that effective.
Dire todayStill reckon this Spain team are entertaining? They are fecking dire.