OT: FIFA World Cup 2018 - Final week Edition

[Per Sjoblom]

Easy to see the difference in philosophy between France and England. The French just keep coming regardless of the score. The English play Therrien style: score once and try to hang on for 80 minutes.

Unfortunately melon head one-trick pony Kane won the Golden Boot, henceforth known as the Golden Galosch!

 

[Carey Chant]

habs are not playing hockey this year. the tank is on! lose for hughes!!

The year the Habs have a real good shot at finishing last the top pick weighs 30 lbs less than smurfy David Deharnais.

Domi, Hughes and Gally would be the smallest line ever.

 

[Adam Michaels]

It's started to rain there now.

 

[VirginiaMtlExpat]

Interesting to see how warmly Macron and the French athletes greet each other (even smooches Mbappe on the head!): I could not envision that happening between Trump and African-American athletes.

He might try it with Miss Universe contestants however, but it would not be reciprocated by the contestants...

Meanwhile, the Croatian leader seems to have the hots for him.

 

[Per Sjoblom]

Imagine having to shake hands with Putin!

 

[Adam Michaels]

Macron with some blood on his nose. Probably a head butt as he went to embrace one of the players.

 

[Per Sjoblom]

Interesting to see how warmly Macron and the French athletes greet each other (even smooches Mbappe on the head!): I could not envision that happening between Trump and African-American athletes.

He might try it with Miss Universe contestants however, but it would not be reciprocated by the contestants...

The Miss Universe contestants may throw up though.

 

[Adam Michaels]

The confetti sticks on everyone since they're all soaked.

 

[VirginiaMtlExpat]

Deschamps' coaching performance strikes me as masterful (subbing Kante at 55', after his yellow card, took guts, not to mention a deep team), especially how he weaved the talented young players into leading positions on the team. The polar opposite of how Empty (MT) used to do things. Wonder if we can get him interested in coaching hockey .

 

[THE HOFF]

Modric REALLY deserved the award , and it is fitting that he was prevented from winning the final by his teammate at real ...Raphael Varane. They were the clean cut best players on the field today and I hope they will get the recognition they deserve for doing virtually all the dirty work at Real Madrid. I hate real madrid but I admire those two. Varane man of the match in my book. The amount of crosses he dealt with, the tackles, the first pass... its insane.

 

[admiralcadillac]

Allez Les Bleus!

Modric REALLY deserved the award , and it is fitting that he was prevented from winning the final by his teammate at real ...Raphael Varane. They were the clean cut best players on the field today and I hope they will get the recognition they deserve for doing virtually all the dirty work at Real Madrid. I hate real madrid but I admire those two. Varane man of the match in my book. The amount of crosses he dealt with, the tackles, the first pass... its insane.

Quietly one if france's best players the whole way

 

[JianYang]

If Croatia had won, would they have been the smallest nation ever to be champions?

I know Uruguay won twice, and both nations are in that 4 million range.

Edit: apparently Uruguay had less than 2 million people when they won many decades ago.

 

[VirginiaMtlExpat]

Modric REALLY deserved the award , and it is fitting that he was prevented from winning the final by his teammate at real ...Raphael Varane. They were the clean cut best players on the field today and I hope they will get the recognition they deserve for doing virtually all the dirty work at Real Madrid. I hate real madrid but I admire those two. Varane man of the match in my book. The amount of crosses he dealt with, the tackles, the first pass... its insane.

I wouldn't say quietly albeit somewhat unsung. But les Bleus have a juggernaut defense, which shut out Belgium's near-3-goal-a-game juggernaut offense. Varane, along with that back line and the likes of Pogba and Kante, had everything to do with that. Without Lloris' brain fart, they would have conceded only 1 today. In the absence of Italy this World Cup, les Bleus morphed into the Catenaccio, with Varane in the starring role.

 

[Per Sjoblom]

To think this team dominated while leaving off the likes of Lemar, Dembele and Rabiot, all fantastic players.

Benzema as well.

 

[Bryson]

It's no secret I'm of portuguese decent. I thought the turnout was pretty impressive as we locked down a portion of St Laurent for most of the night when we won the euro but the turnout for the french is something else. They've taken over most of St Denis street and they're still piling out in droves like an army from mont royal metro! Pure craziness! At least I'm wearing a blue shirt! When in Rome...

 

[lo striver]

Benzema as well.

And Martial

 

[NotProkofievian]

Benzema as well.

Benzema's a bum-ass loser-ass bum, glad he was left off.

I told you all that the logo looks stupid with 2 stars. They need to win another one now.

 

[VirginiaMtlExpat]

Benzema's a bum-ass loser-ass bum, glad he was left off.

I told you all that the logo looks stupid with 2 stars. They need to win another one now.

It is known in Japanese art that beauty lies in an odd number of components.

 

[Harry22]

20 ans après la conquête au Stade de France, l’équipe de France est de nouveau champions du monde!!!!

 

[Harry22]

Benzema's a bum-ass loser-ass bum, glad he was left off.

I told you all that the logo looks stupid with 2 stars. They need to win another one now.

They’ll have a shot for a repeat in 2022. Most of the stars are young.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Love this.

 

[LeHab]

Love this.

Where is Ovy with the cup?

Well done France, hats off to Croatia for a nice run and kuddos to Russia for a well organized WC.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Don't forget that Qatar 2022 will be held in November & December.

 

[ThaDevilGirl]

Don't forget that Qatar 2022 will be held in November & December.

Gross.

 

[Adam Michaels]

We knew this was coming.