Lionel Messi winning the World Cup has delighted the vast majority of the footballing world. Not just Argentina supporters, but neutral football fans in general have enjoyed seeing the seven-time Ballon d’Or win that one major trophy that was evading him all through his career. There is, of course, a reason for that. Messi’s quality …
Among all the clamour for the Argentina win, the Messi GOAT status and the Mbappe talk, it is easy to forget that there were other French players that played and suffered after the defeat as well. It was possibly the last World Cup for Oliver Giroud, while players like Tchouaméni and Camavinga proved that the …
Messi Messi Messi. The clamour for the little Argentine since the World Cup victory is almost unprecedented. And it is deserved, might we add. The final match itself was a crazy 3-3, and the whole world must have thought Leo had won it for his nation with a goal in extra time to give the …
Argentina put a nearly three-decade-long trauma to bed when they won the Qatar World Cup final in the most dramatic way possible against France. Despite having a 2-0 lead up until the hour-mark, the game dragged to extra time where it finished 3-3! Leo Messi scored a brace, Kylian Mbappe managed to get the first …
World Cup final, Argentina vs France, 4 billion spectators, Lusail Stadium, Messi v Mbappe. It doesn’t get any better than this. Yet, Roy Keane somehow managed to enhance the night even further, and all it took was a neat little makeover. While the pre-match discourse was all fixated around the storied game, viewers tuning into …
Argentina won their third FIFA World Cup title in the most dramatic of circumstances, with a 3-3 (4-2) win over France. The game was full of ups and downs for Lionel Messi & co. Leo himself got in the scoring act twice, once in normal time and in extra time. Kylian Mbappe ensured that France …
Unless you are living in a cave, you probably already know this by now. Argentina won the World Cup. Lionel Messi won the World Cup. And whoever thinks it was a cakewalk, here’s a reality check. It really was not. 2-0 up. 2 goals in 2 minutes and we’re level at a couple of goals …
In one of Argentinian footballing history’s darkest days, Saudi Arabia trumped Argentina by a score of 2-1, after a thrilling comeback following Lionel Messi’s 10th-minute penalty that put them ahead in the group stage game of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Needless to say, fans of a fairly novice Saudi Arabian football team were elated …
Tiktok sensation Khaby Lame has returned with yet another Football collaboration, adding to the incredible list of players the Italian has crossed paths with. For the uninitiated, Khaby Lame is a mega-popular social media star, and currently boasts the title of being the most followed account on Tiktok with over 152m followers. His other socials …
The FIFA World Cup in Qatar is nearing its conclusion. Argentina, Croatia, France, and Morocco are on the cusp of glory provided they keep their heads straight and persevere through the last leg of this revered tournament. The French received an early blow in Qatar after Karim Benzema bowed out of the tournament because of …
The English have left Qatar. Gareth Southgate is now contemplating his future as England’s gaffer. Undoubtedly, the defeat to France despite all the preparations and tribulations is not a sight for the kind eyes of the English fans. Led by Harry Kane on the pitch, the Three Lions registered more shots on target but could …
England‘s World Cup ambitions ended in familiar sights of tears and broken aspirations as the curse of missed penalties came to haunt them. After going a goal down, the Three Lions were brought back into the game via a Harry Kane penalty. They again had to chase the game when Giroud put France ahead. 2-1. …
The Qatar World Cup gained a reputation for some impressive, controversial-free refereeing in the group stages of the tournament. There weren’t really too many mistakes made by the referee in the initial stages, with VAR also doing their job just as intended. But that entire reputation has turned upside-down as we move into the business …
Transfer market rates are truly bonkers these days, especially for talented youngsters. Modern Football seems to be sternly chasing after the ‘next big player’, and in that pursuit, the figures clubs are willing to part with have touched obscene amounts. Take for instance Kylian Mbappe’s record-breaking transfer to PSG, the forward was 18 at the …
The era of football is changing, with the Qatar World Cup marking a bit of a tipping point for the generation of forward players that thrilled the last one-and-a-half decades or so. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi heralded as the beautiful game’s pharaohs over the last 13-14 years have already admitted that this World Cup …
The Three Lions are certain to have a tough time blocking Kylian Mbappe’s relentless attacks in their FIFA World Cup‘s Round of 16 fixture this weekend. And yet, England claims to have a solution to keep the 23-year-old at bay. That solution is Kyle Walker. At 32 -years-of-age, Kyle Walker is the senior-most player in …
As per FIFA rankings, the seventh-best team faced the twenty-second-best team in the world cup Round of 16 yesterday. Common sense dictates that the former would beat the latter with ease and progress to the quarter-final stage in the World Cup. If only it were that easy. The Spanish team was stronger on paper. Hell, …