World Cup: FINAL: France vs. Croatia, 7/15/2018

[maclean]

Would never have hoped that my two favourite teams in the tournament would be meeting in the finals.

 

[lud]

I'm from Croatia.

I know this isn't real. All this is one insane,beautiful dream. Please,do not wake me up.

 

[MrFunnyWobbl]

Predicted France before the tournament. Sticking with it.

 

[nickp91]

It would be nice to see Croatia a country with a population of 4 million win the World Cup

 

[The Moose]

Croatia defied all expectations, but they did have an easier way to the final due to the collapse of the usual favorites on their side of the bracket. However it's just one game, one lucky bounce and we can see Modric lifting the cup.

 

[N o o d l e s]

I’m just happy Croatia finally gets to wear their red and white checkers again after that run of teams with primary reds.

 

[gary69]

I think France will win, but they'll need more than a solitary goal to record another narrow win. S0, 2-1 for France.

 

[robertmac43]

I'm annoyed that the one year I did not have Croatia going deep they did this...so I'll be rooting for France.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Since I picked a Belgium-England final, I'd like to apologize in advance to France for picking them to win

 

[YNWA14]

I hope Croatia win and Modric nets the golden ball and ballon d'or.

 

[commie]

What would you guys do in this situation?
I was in Vegas back in May and placed a futures bet on France to win it all at 7-1. I put down 500.
So the potential return is decent.
I’ve been holding off on hedging till now. Would you guys hedge the bet and put an online bet on Croatia to win on Sunday? If so at what amount?

 

[YEM]

of course you need to hedge
I have a [much] smaller wager on France, but you should at least double what you staked on France

 

[JeffreyLFC]

What would you guys do in this situation?
I was in Vegas back in May and placed a futures bet on France to win it all at 7-1. I put down 500.
So the potential return is decent.
I’ve been holding off on hedging till now. Would you guys hedge the bet and put an online bet on Croatia to win on Sunday? If so at what amount?

this is a no brainer. hedge the bet.

 

[Deficient Mode]

Think I'd give my Ballon d'Or vote to whichever of Varane or Modric have a better match on Sunday... if I had one.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Think I'd give my Ballon d'Or vote to whichever of Varane or Modric have a better match on Sunday... if I had one.

Wait you don't have one? LOL

 

[Deficient Mode]

Wait you don't have one? LOL

Time to start my own island nation of 11 and get FIFA recognition???

 

[Cassano]

Think I'd give my Ballon d'Or vote to whichever of Varane or Modric have a better match on Sunday... if I had one.

Where are Messi and Ronaldo in your rankings.

 

[FederovThisMess]

Fun fact: excepting 1938, every World Cup year ending in 8 has resulted in a first time champion

1958- Brazil
1978- Argentina
1998- France
2018- Croatia?

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Time to start my own island nation of 11 and get FIFA recognition???

Now were talking. What shall we name it?

Where are Messi and Ronaldo in your rankings.

LMAo you mean those non world cup winning losers? Somewhere in between Javier Hernandez and Zaza.

 

[Deficient Mode]

Where are Messi and Ronaldo in your rankings.

Well one of them has to be off the list since you can only pick three.

Now were talking. What shall we name it?

IDK. Has to have Dybala in the name if you're going to be involved though.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

IDK. Has to have Dybala in the name if you're going to be involved though.

Dybaland? Paulobia.

 

[The Abusement Park]

I don't get to watch Madrid or La Liga on a consistent basis, but my god has watching this world cup made me appreciate Modric even more than I already did. Absolutely world class player. He's just incredible to watch.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

I don't get to watch Madrid or La Liga on a consistent basis, but my god has watching this world cup made me appreciate Modric even more than I already did. Absolutely world class player. He's just incredible to watch.

This makes so much sense... and probably the majority of this board is in the same boat. He's been the best player in Madrid for 2ish years now.

 

[The Abusement Park]

This makes so much sense... and probably the majority of this board is in the same boat. He's been the best player in Madrid for 2ish years now.

Majority of the Madrid games I watch are the CL games, cuz they're the easiest ones for me to watch. But I thought it was clear for the last few seasons that he was easily at worst the 2nd best player on that team and far and away the most under appreciated player on that team.

 

[Deficient Mode]

As good as he is now, Modric was noticeably more dynamic and better 2+ years ago. I'm glad to see the narrative slowly catch up to his play though. As I said:

Should be Modric vs Messi tbh