by everything on Sun Jul 15, 2018 1:57 pm
Congratulations to France. Croatia rather unlucky on the own goal and the VAR penalty, but what can you do. But Pogba and Mbappe eventually put it beyond a shadow of doubt. Croatia looked really, really tired, but kept pushing, and really dominating the game overall. It really is like the methodical fighter getting KOed and a bit unlucky in a couple of key moments. I felt bad for Croatia.
Overall, France was the best team in the tournament, though. Way too defensive and not ever really strutting its stuff (the French criticism of the France style is pretty harsh but dead on: you have a Ferrari at your disposal but you drive the speed limit), but it was a good game plan for single elimination tournaments that paid off. Didn't take the final for granted like with Portugal (who was super defensive in that tournament) at Euro 2016.
amateur practices til gets right pro til can't get wrong
/ better approx answer to right q than exact answer to wrong q which can be made precise /
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