France was not unexpected, defeating Morocco 2:0, reaching the World Cup final, and meeting with Argentina. The two teams are full of stars, and there is also a showdown between the two superstars, Messi and Mbappe . This final is full of highlights. However, given the previous successful experience of the two teams, this final is likely to be quite ugly. In the end, it will be decided by penalty kicks. All spectators must be fully prepared.
The successful experiences of France and Argentina in this World Cup can actually be attributed to one thing, that is, playing around.
Argentina adjusted its tactical style after losing to Saudi in the first game, and completely changed it to defensive counterattack . It relied on Messi's personal ability to create opportunities. In the last semi-final, he defeated Croatia . His ball possession rate was just over 40%, but he scored three goals. Croatia's midfield organization seemed smooth and sharp. Once the ball was intercepted and counterattacked, Messi and Alvarez could create a goal-scoring opportunity, hitting Croatia's back defense with holes. The third ball was particularly obvious. Messi broke through the opponent's entire defense line alone and gave his teammates a nanny ball.
This is even more so in France. Although they have scored more than two goals in each game except for the third game in the group stage, they are actually mainly defensive counterattacks. In this World Cup, the French midfielder lost Kanter and Pogba , and he did not dare to fight at all. On the one hand, he had no capital to fight. On the other hand, once he was hit and counterattacked, the midfielder might not be able to defend. So France simply puts the defensive counterattack to the extreme. Mbappe and Dembele from both sides have almost no solution once the counterattack is played. Griezmann returns to the midfield and can exert his scheduling ability. This style of play is the key to the French team reaching the finals. In the semi-finals, the French team had less than 40% of the ball in front of Morocco, and they did not have the domineering spirit of the giants. They just wanted you to hit me and I would like to hit you against you.
To this day, an obvious feature is that anyone who is pressing and playing, the so-called pass-by and control playing style has been eliminated, Spain, Germany and even Brazil are like this, and those who are reluctant to play have good results. Even Morocco and Croatia, which have just been eliminated, are also representatives of being lucky to play.
So, in the World Cup final, the inevitable result is that Argentina and France want to fight back, and no one wants to control the ball, it depends on who can survive, and then Messi and Mbappe can exert their power. So at that time, neither team will attack rashly and will put defense first: Argentina's physical confrontation ability is not as good as France, and the chance of being intercepted is greater. It must first do a good job of defense. Anyway, with Messi, he can solve the problem alone; France will feel that it has an advantage in its physical condition, faster speed, and more powerful counterattack. No one can stop it when Mbappe rushed, and it will also lure the enemy into depth. In the end, the one that both sides broke the deadlock was likely to be a penalty kick. If there was no penalty kick, it was likely to be dragged into the penalty kick final battle.
The most ugly finals in the history of the World Cup are the 1990 World Cup and the 1994 World Cup. In the 1990 World Cup, Germany and Argentina did not attack, and in the end, Germany defeated Argentina with a controversial penalty kick; this was even more so in the 1994 World Cup, Brazil and Italy played for 120 minutes, and there was not even a truly threatening shot. In the end, it was decided by the penalty shootout. The final between Argentina and France may replicate the scenes of that year, thus becoming the most ugly World Cup final.
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