Belated World Cup Summary Thing, aka "watch idio immediately waste the goodwill he accumulated on shameless, masturbatory nonsense"

What an absolutely amazing World Cup we've had! Let's annoy burgers a little more with it!..

I've watched a lot of finals. Some were kind of unexpected (98 demolition of Brazil comes to mind), some were kind of lame (2002, 2014), some were dramatic af for the wrong reasons (2006, 2010), but none were as insane as this one. Idk if it's the best one ever, I'm not that old, but it sure as shit was the best match of high-stakes international football I've ever seen. It had everything!..

When Deschamps substituted Giroud, Dembélé, and Griezmann away, I thought he had lost his fricking mind. Turns out he hadn't. A team full of "pacy Ngubus" worked even better at confusing mayofaces than Dutch approach of just filling the box with tall motherlovers. But, of course, the real star of the comeback was Mbappé. He's truly the only person I actually feel bad about. He had beaten Martinez four times, including three penalties. In two of these pens, Martinez guessed the direction correctly, but still couldn't reach it. Incredible. Kylian has truly done everything he possibly could for his country - it just wasn't enough due to his opposition being Messi's Argentina.

And what fricking opposition it was! Their first goal aside (it was a weak penalty, but a penalty nonetheless), the other two were phenomenal goals. Both the insane team play with like 6 direct passes into the running teammate on the second goal, and the absolutely r-slurred third goal (Messi's extra time one), cleared before it could actually hit the net, but well inside the goal line. Oh, and it was like 2cm from being offside on a pass before the first shot, too.

And, of course, that Martinez leg save right before the final whistle, holy shit. If not for that, we'd have an entirely different world champion now.

My thoughts on the rest of the World Cup you guys already know, as I've been sending them out as the tournament progressed. I'd just like to note that I'd have gotten 4/4 from semifinal on, but that's not that much of an accomplishment. I did sneak in a final bet anyway, lol. Just couldn't help myself.

PS. Am I this good at football analysis, or are you lot just this bad at it? It wasn't even close, lmao