Semi Finals: Argentina vs Croatia | Eng... France vs Morocco

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Because half their team is injured
But their subs can do a job as well, and they have the whole stadium behind them. France also looked quite poor against England despite the win. This world cup has been such a toss-up that I'm not confident of anything at this point.
 

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Hopefully Croatia/Argentina beat France in the final. Dont really mind which.
 

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But their subs can do a job as well, and they have the whole stadium behind them. France also looked quite poor against England despite the win. This world cup has been such a toss-up that I'm not confident of anything at this point.
I'm not counting them out, but surely their tank must be empty at some point. Would love it if they did France as well, but feels like this is a step too far with the bare bones team they have left
 

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I'm not counting them out, but surely their tank must be empty at some point. Would love it if they did France as well, but feels like this is a step to far with the bare bones team they have left
I sure hope you're right, if France score against them they'd be the first team to do so since the tournament started.
 

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Argentina and France final. Tough games though.

A side note, the tournaments three best players so far in Messi, Mbappe (wasn't that good against England though) and Modric?
 

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Argentina and France final. Tough games though.

A side note, the tournaments three best players so far in Messi, Mbappe (wasn't that good against England though) and Modric?
Hard to be good when 2-4 players are making sure you can't do anything when you have the ball. I don't know if Morocco will try the same tactic, but I expect France to deal with it better.

Feel like Griezmann has been better overall than Mbappe
The attention Mbappe brings helps Griezmann a lot as well, but no doubt he's been fantastic and always turns up for France.
 

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Feel like Griezmann has been better overall than Mbappe
A fair point but unfortunately these awards mostly go to the attackers I believe. Always thought Mascherano had a better tournament in 2014 than Messi but Messi won it.
 

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If Argentine win, will that God awful Messi v Ronaldo thread finally get locked?
 

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Want Morocco to win it, as unlikely as it may seem. But a Messi WC triumph to add to PR37 punching the sky and crying as he sits on the bench against the mighty Al-Nassr FC would be the icing on the cake.
 

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Is Morocco vs. France politically charged?
Well France colonised Morocco but the majority of Morocco's starting 11 were born/play their football in France so who knows. The crowds will definitely be heated, especially the Moroccans who will probably boo France's national anthem....
 

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Well France colonised Morocco but the majority of Morocco's starting 11 were born/play their football in France so who knows. The crowds will definitely be heated, especially the Moroccans who will probably boo France's national anthem....
Cheers mate!
 

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Hopefully Croatia/Argentina beat France in the final. Dont really mind which.
Anyone but Argentina is what I am rooting for. Argentina my least favourite international side and Barcelona my most despised club side. Also dislike the tax evader and his crazy **** of fans. Would love to see Morocco or Croatia as first time winners. If not, France will do.
 

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Yes, Van Gaal subbed off Riquelme in the 90s so Paredes boots the ball into our dug out. They obviously just hate Van Gaal and successfully channeled their anger.

I need at least 2 more weeks to be sensible about this :wenger:
You’re having a mare, you were massive cnuts during the shoot out and got what you deserved with that terrible display
 

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Morocco in the final will win it. It's the worst match for Argentina.

Unbelievable that some people still underestimate Morocco after all what happened in their last 5 games.
they looked very knackered at the end against portugal. I mean, if the other option is France I’d take Morocco all day but both would be very tough.
 

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Argentina have struggled their way throughout this tournament. Poland is probably the only game they had under control. The rest have been surviving by the skin of their teeth.

Croatia are slight favourites for me going into that game.
Croatia have 1 win this entire tournament. Jammiest team remaining
 

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I'd say Argentina were pretty convincing against Australia as well, other than fluke goal they didn't let chances and could've scored 2-3 more. Against Netherlands they were in control until after Messi's penalty goal, then they really struggled and conceded 2 in less than 20 minutes. Still deserved to go through though.
Australia should have scored with the last kick of the game though.

They struggle when they go 2 up.