Before the game, the Western media World Sports Daily reported on Argentina's training situation, saying that Messi did not participate in the joint training and may miss the World Cup final due to injury.
semi-finals, in the first half of Argentina against Croatia , Messi rubbed his legs hard many times after a physical confrontation with the defensive player, and he felt obviously uncomfortable and dared not exert too much force.
is now less than 24 hours before the game starts. The video of Argentina's last practice was exposed. It can be seen that Messi is not feeling uncomfortable and is in a good mood to participate in the joint training. Therefore, the suspense of being injured and missing the final was revealed. At the same time, he also posted: "Tonight, I will bring the blessings of Chinese fans and do my best."
Now both teams are ready. There is no big suspense about Argentina's starting lineup, mainly France. A few days ago, it was rumored that many French players did not participate in the training, including Conate, Koeman, Varane , Joan Armeni , and Special O. However, in the last training session, 24 players of the team officially returned to the team for training. This is the head coach Deschamps released smoke bomb , cheating the Argentine coaching team.
According to the team report, France may send an unused starting lineup, with the formation becoming 433, Mbappe changed to the middle lane, Tulam entered the first to send the left side of the front line, the main center Giroud was withdrawn to the substitute list, which should be considered a change of the formation in the near-battlefield. The outside world is not clear about how coach Deschamps considers it. After all, Giroud can make the Argentine defender dare not press on.
This is the fourth time the two teams have played in the World Cup. They have never met in the final three times before. In addition, Argentina has participated in the final for the 6th time and France has been the fourth time, so the experience of participating in the competition is not advantageous. It mainly depends on the performance of the stars of the two teams. It is highly likely that the trend of the game can be determined. Messi and Mbappe are the leading stars of the two teams, and it is not surprising that each of them wins the championship in the end.