How Argentina won the World Cup Final

[@SDCLFC1]

I thought the point of Argentina's lop-sided shape was they could always play out left to di Maria and so they were never launching attacks down the right side, meaning they never turned the ball over on that side of the pitch, allowing Mbappe to counter. By only advancing possession down their left, they could not be countered quickly down the right. And Kounde staying tight and not being a threat going forward made this possible. Dembele had to get back to defend because Kounde couldn't get out there. Scaloni gave Deschamps a masterclass

[@jayavardhanjosyula6509]

Wow, such a solid take. Cheers. 🍻

[@jayavardhanjosyula6509]

Further, given the French team's lack of creative midfield- they weren't technically adept enough to switch passes into an already crowded French left wing.

[@moooos2836]

@@jayavardhanjosyula6509 It's more about the difference in intensity in midfield. France midfield three could not compete with the speed and pressing of Argentina midfield at all. De paul and Enzo work rate were unreal. Fast press, precise tackles, quick ball lay off and transitions.

[@JA-pn4ji]

I would say that there was a lot of attacking traffic orchestrated by Messi down Argentina's right, but these attacks were feints not intended to be completed but intended to suppress the attacking threat of Mbappe and Hernandez. Ultimately in these play sequences, Argentina would switch play from right to the left for Di Maria to exploit the space created by drawing the french to the right.

[@moooos2836]

@@JA-pn4ji Agreed, Messi was never the main outlet in the match. He was crucial in attracting pressures and unlocking the press, creating spaces on Di Maria then switch plays. Can also be seen in Molina rarely storming upfield to the byline. The key is Alvarez's movement attracting France defensive line.

[@AustinC79]

Argentina didn't play the same formation once in the whole world cup. Changing and adapting their formation depending who they were playing was genius.

[@farizzainal]

Finals where Angel Di Maria scored and the team won: 1. Olympic Gold 2008, 2. Supercopa De Espana 2012, 3. Copa Del Rey 2014, 4. Coupe de la Ligue 2016, 5. Coupe de la Ligue 2017, 6. Trophee des Champions 2018, 7. Coupe de la Ligue 2018, 8. Trophee des Champions 2018, 9. Coupe de la Ligue 2020 (penalty shoot out), 10. Copa America 2021, 11. Finalissima 2022, 12. World Cup 2022.

[@meta196]

Saudi Arabia is the winner of this WC Alhamdulillah

[@doublejacketjimmy391]

@@meta196Where are Saudis? Where are Saudis? Right. Back in El Riyadh 😂

[@Poussyeater-w5e]

Forgot the 2014 UCL

[@nissarpa1259]

That's a great record to be proud of. 👍🏻

[@vuquang7154]

Big game player 🙏

[@arjunmohandas8870]

Scaloni s hell underrated. Every game he changes the style as per the opponents giving the opposite team no clue how they play. The defense s spectacular- kept croatia completely quiet. France and Netherlands couldnt even get into the box for 80 mins

[@vantablack5690]

Both teams figured out how to score against Argentina just learned too late

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

But his in-game changes and Otamendi fetish are atrocious. Nearly cost him against the Netherlands and France.

[@bboxkain]

LA ESCALONETA PA

[@techmania5957]

@@vantablack5690 and why do you think that happened? Because scaloni changes tactics every match and by the time they realize what to do it's already 80 minutes on the clock

[@SDCLFC1]

He seems to be a real players manager too - not the dictatorial "this is how it's going to be done and you're going to follow my instructions", type manager of someone like Van Gaal. Focused on giving the players what they need from him, rather than what he wanted them to do for him

[@rolandsmith5765]

Let’s not forget we even saw Messi coming back to the penalty box to defend. He was putting in slide tackles. He was coming in to help clear balls. Help carry the ball out of the Argentine defense and carrying it forward. He made a long pass to Alvarez and still ran kilometers to the opponents box and still received a pass back from Alvarez. This guy is 35years old and not known as the guy who does the hard running when his team needs it. Just a the sheer determination to win the greatest price

[@reidpattis3127]

I agree! I was honestly shocked when I saw Messi actually make a tackle in his own half. I had to pause the game for a moment to make sure it was him. It just shows how much this game means to him. *Respects*

[@khush1894]

@@reidpattis3127 his and Modric's work rates and involvements were amazing

[@TheFallacy357]

While Gvardiol definitely played impressively throughout the tournament, Enzo definitely deserved the young player award. Even in the final he was a calm presence and kept a hold on the tempo of the game when most needed

[@mb4077]

especially when he was under a yellow card

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

He completely changed Argentina's ability to dictate matches. I was afraid those Fifa idiots would give the award to Foden or whatever

[@msaedma]

I think he has the most passes, most tackles etc in final

[@sushipizza4439]

@@mb4077 it wasn’t a yellow too. First of all the player dived. Second of all the player fouled him while diving

[@x_zschannel]

I watched Enzo Fernandez Vs Croatia and he basically carried the midfield in the first half, making lots of progressive passes, one of which was a brilliant ball to Julian Alvarez who won a penalty.

[@marshallzingkhai889]

In the last minutes of the game when it was 3-3 and about to go for a tie breaker shootout, Argentina was bringing in Dybala, Paredes and L. Martinez meanwhile France had taken out all of their experienced penalty takers from the game leaving behind the young players. France was trying to end the game with the strength from the young players while Argentina brought in experienced penalty takes anticipating a penalty shootout. It was a big brain move by Argentina.

[@64ELTURCO]

We saw with the England subs in the Euro 2021 final how tricky it is to bring in subs just for penalties. But as you said, this is exactly where the experience comes in. Dybala just shooting it central shows how pragmatic football can be. Paredes also smashed his penalty in, while Coman and Tchouameni overthought and shot terrible penalties. Players like Giroud and Griezmann would have made the difference. Scaloni masterclass, because let's be real, Argentina should have won it within regular time but three minutes of simple mistakes got them into the mess.

[@simpletown323]

France was always playing catchup cause of the first half

[@miistercrayon]

Except it should have been over but for the Martinez change. Also france had to gamble big earlier because they were toast.

[@Poussyeater-w5e]

@@64ELTURCOreal talk, had Scaloni brought on Lisandro in a 3-5-2 in the second half the game might have ended in 90 mins. Perhaps with Argentina adding a 3rd

[@fedelede2]

The Argentine move also makes sense considering how much the young players’ morale collapsed after the Mbappé equalizer. Get in older players who know how to deal with setbacks.

[@edemehtawardhana5962]

This World Cup Final definitely embodies the best from both competitors. Best teams, Best star player, Best player on the field, Best tactics, Best coaches, and definitely the best football as well. Roller coaster of emotions, Joy, relief, Tense, nervous, and yet fullfilling in the end as well... Contrary to the previous previous world cup that showed one-side dominance, penalties, or maybe even luck... This Final embodies the beautiful game perfectly. Congrats to Argentina, Bravo to France... Good luck to everyone involved... As a Fan, hopefully, I could see this kind of game again in the future...

[@omarsheriff51]

As a french I was so disappointed, but hey. Penalties are like a russian roulette. The comeback from France in 3 minutes was just legendary, I almost felt bad for Argentinians. They had such a roller coaster. Overall I feel Argentina was on a mission, they truely wanted it. Not saying we didn't, but maybe they did more. They were more dominant so it feels fair that we lost, sadly. Great great match, one of the best WC finals of all time honestly.

[@scottie810]

Only the thing missing was a good world cup theme song 🥲

[@welowee7610]

@scottie no doubt about that

[@user-zq1nz7qv7o]

Saudi Arabia is the winner of THE WC. Alhamdulilah

[@Autonimaatio]

@@user-zq1nz7qv7o stop embarrassing your country in the comments lol

[@Wladislav]

Huge credit to Scaloni for his initial setup. Totally outmanoeuvred France. Very brave too, it sometimes looked like a 2-2-6. As predicted, Di Maria was key. France's depth is what saved them from getting shut out. As the ARG players grew tired towards the 70th min, FRA's top tier bench started taking over the match. Tired legs, tired minds, mistakes started to happen, leading to the PK and France's second goal as well. Argentina doesn't have the bench to counter that, and Scaloni refrained from making substitutions until extra time, other than the (likely planned) Di Maria sub for Acuna.

[@thisistheway7258]

While I wanted Messi to win it, the changes that Deschamps made are exactly the type of "proactive" management style that people want from England. If this was England in the final I can imagine Southgate just sinking into his seat, waiting until the 70th minute to bring on Mount and Grealish, and conceding a third goal.

[@leemc5646]

Deschamps is a winner look at his playing career, what did Southgate ever do ?

[@davids8127]

Southgate is a baloon, should`ve resigned.

[@dragonslayer0]

Coman and camavinga... Knew the game would change after.... But refs were shite

[@freefallmatter]

@@dragonslayer0 lmao shite? This was one of the most accurately officiated games ever

[@Pintkonan]

i think lionel scaloni and his technical staff are actual geniuses. the way how they prepared for every single opponent was picture perfect ( maybe beside the first game, but they didnt look that bad there either).

[@willing_to_learn]

Second goal wasn't with Alvarez making the run, it was Mac Allister.

[@notaspeck6104]

He passed it in to Alvarez who then crossed it in to Di Maria

[@powpud]

No the guy who got the assist was mac allister

[@khushalgandhi5157]

@@notaspeck6104 it was alvarez who passed it to mac allister

[@mb4077]

mate it was messi's two touch flip that literally released alvarez taking out the entire defence paralyzed snd then macallister making his run to gentle easy pass to di maria

[@SDCLFC1]

Alvarez - Messi - Alvare- Macallister - Di Maria And that defensive shape is not right - the fullback got lost high up the pitch and both center-backs up high on the left and got sucked in by Messi - the last pass beats Kounde who's the only player left and it Tchouemeni trying to recover back to DiMaria - back 4 got shredded -

[@SNIKT13]

Feel like messi did contribute on defending a lot today dunno. Like of course he wasn't centre back but I feel he did fall back and help quite a bit especially early on

[@ACasualCustomer]

He did, he recovered the ball a couple of times

[@priteshattal]

@@ACasualCustomer 6 times

[@Iron-Bridge]

Yup, he was pressing a lot more and even putting in tackles.

[@vb2388]

And then there are people stating Mbappé was better than Messi in this final 😂😂 Mbappé was a complete ghost for 80 mins!!

[@superstar_h_gamer5211]

Did it in the copa final too

[@poyun30]

Shout out to Mac Allister. He was at one point, the only Argentinian on the pitch that was able to keep his composer.

[@meta196]

Saudi Arabia is the winner of this WC Alhamdulillah

[@gordon1545]

Honestly I think only Mac Allister, Martinez and Mbappe had a good game.

[@robertlangdon494]

damn, the rest of them fired their composer? how they gonna drop a fire album?

[@Eoin1]

yeah, I was really impressed with his workrate, always getting Bach to help out the defence

[@jeemoon1626]

I have to throw Julian Alvarez in there.

[@royvandermarel3953]

I'd like to just tip my hat to the fine people of Tifo who have put out amazing video after video during this World Cup. Congrats to all. You deserve a good rest

[@juz882010]

De Paul was fantastic, just annoyed the french constantly and run like a headless chook all game. Loved watching him play.

[@VonRibbitt]

De Paul is probably my favorite player on argentina after messi, he is just on point every match

[@asifalir]

Di Maria scoring in every big final is astonishing, only very few could do it. I saw him in the starting 11, and thought he gonna score today. He did exactly that. Whataplaya..

[@marlouabalona5079]

just wanted to appreciate and thank you to Tifo and all of you people working there making all these analysis day in day out throughout the world cup.

[@me24469]

As much this is a world cup for Messi. Take a moment and applaud Lionel Scaloni. He has come from nowhere and brought home Copa America and World Cup titles to Argentina. He is incredibly underrated, he is always adjusting and improving the team. He keep finding solutions especially in this tournament. And I think he still need to find a solution to closing out games. I know he will be no where near rated as a top tactician but take a bow to Scalonetta.

[@b.e.nbairesenglishnatives7020]

I totally agree. If Messi had Scaloni earlier, maybe he would have had 2 WCs.

[@falconeshield]

He was always around lol he even played with Messi in 2006

[@majormononoke8958]

@@b.e.nbairesenglishnatives7020 lol, 1 more maybe...

[@heretustay]

Hey Tifo editors! Love that you are keeping the top-down view of the board on while JJ is talking! A quiet but extremely helpful little tweak to the presentation. Cheers :)

[@Good_Comms]

Noticed Argentina’s strategy right away. Don’t collapse a bunch of players on Mbappe just for him to pass out a good ball, instead keep the ball in the opposite corner so it’s much much more difficult for France to get the ball to Mbappe or start a counter with him involved

[@pavelr4752]

Neil Maupay is responsible for this 😁 Maupay injured Bernd Leno. Emi Martinez got to play for Arsenal. He finally was able to show how good he can be. This earned him a move to Villa where he got regular game time. This made him Argentina's Nr. 1. He made crucial saves at the copa as well as the world cup. All hail Neil Maupay!

[@tarunsankar7754]

And Neil just so happens to be half French and half Argentine. Can't write this stuff!

[@matiboulogne2857]

And Neil wishes to play for us, Argentina. Ironic at best.

[@clobbopus_used_beat]

This was the greatest game I'd ever seen in my life and this is a breakdown worthy of it. Probably the best video of this kin you've made so far. Analysis is top notch!

[@jmr1255]

Scaloni has been brilliant for Arg. A big problem the team has is in seeing out games they are winning (QF and Final). Still, in both cases the mental fortitude and composure they showed in extra time and penalties was amazing.

[@sunner108]

The defense is still quite mistake-prone individually. Both the first penalty and Mbappe's second goal were terrible lapses in judgment by defenders. It's hard to say whether it was fatigue or pressure, but they were a bit lucky to get to extra time with the way the defense was scrambling. But as they say in Argentina, you have to know how to suffer in these games. And Argentina certainly does, it's not always pretty but if you get the result, that's all that matters.

[@alexmanai1953]

I tough the 3-3 and penalties wasnt quite right when you watched the game Argentina was completely destroying france for the first 80m then in 2 min everything is back 2 start for argentina, they dominated france again in extra time and after that penalties where you just knew with martinez in goal against lloris that martinez would win

[@VonRibbitt]

Frech players manage to match the game not by tactis or ability, but by physique, they are faster and have more stamina than argentina players. Like you said argentina outplayed france the whole match, but one tiny mistake allowed the french to run like crazy and allowed those two penalties to happen. The second goal from Mbappe was class tho.

[@blackmage567]

@@VonRibbitt Not just more physique. There is simply more quality in the french squad. Look at Argentina's substitutions, the only thing you could do was to try to sit deeper but without real counterattacking threat. I'd love to have a replacement for Di Maria. Garnacho comes to mind thinking 2 or 3 WCs ahead.

[@willrobertsmith]

Argentina won the physical, mental and tactical battle. France have been so passive and frankly tedious during Deschamps reign it was lovely to see their plan to keep it tight and wait for a mistake (which had already won them one world cup) get completely bulldozed . If Argentina had the legs to play like that all through the match there's no way france would have taken it to penalties. Even Frances second penalty was lucky in the extreme. In short they deserved to win rar more comfortably.than what transpired.

[@estiya2809]

Dude France is just better stop putting all on a stupid tactic he made an active management to get back in the match twice. Just accept that you lost to it four years ago and won to penaltys where France is bad. This France team hais far mort potential that any other rn, and it has been shown since 2018 and don’t be surprised if they win again in 2026.

[@pedropicapiedra4532]

@@estiya2809 Shut up, France got danced and crushed for 80 mins and just got back in the game by the luck of a penalty. They literally had 0 shots for most of the game. See you in 4 years!

[@AndrewLaReal]

France literally just sit back and hope their wingers do something. Got exposed against Switzerland and now against Argentina. If Argentina had Nico González and Lo Celso, France would have died 4-0 by the first half

[@matiboulogne2857]

@@AndrewLaReal We should've taken Garnacho to this WC instead of Thiago Almada. Garnacho is the natural replacement for Di María. With him in the field, France would've had always an attacker for the left line.

[@dadedraak]

Di Maria was phenomenal!

[@fsmith9962]

Watching Agüero lift the World Cup after Messi was another amazing moment to see, especially as a City fan.

[@Montycat78]

He went full John terry after the penalties.

[@fsmith9962]

@@Montycat78 I wouldn’t say full John Terry, as that would require him to have an affair with an ex-girlfriend of one of his teammates.

[@shreyam1008]

Anyone noticed him banging the drums in the pitch 😂

[@themanwithnothingtolose]

@@fsmith9962 bro💀

[@dfgdream7382]

@@fsmith9962 g

[@rickytamir4907]

Fantastic work on the WC, lads. That was an enormous amount to cover in a short period, and your fans appreciate it.

[@kylephaneufmusic]

Di Maria is one of my all time favorite players. He had such a phenomenal game. I wish they never subbed him out because France just couldn’t deal with him!

[@ThePinguPenguin]

This is the First Time in History that 6 different Countries have won 6 consecutive World Cups. From 2002-2022. Brazil (5), Italy(4), Spain(1), Germany(4), France(2) & Argentina(3). And I started watching football from the 2002 World Cup. A Proud Generation. 😊 The Bestest Sport. The GOATest player. Thank you 🙏❤

[@falconeshield]

1998 here, salute

[@mylittlethoughttree]

Even the penalties were damn interesting. Messi's ballsy slow rolling shot into the goal. That felt like immediate mind games from the start...unless it was just a really bad penalty that luckily still went in. Emi Martinez also obviously going quite far in his mind games...perhaps too far. But he made the most of it when Tchouameni, still quite young was preparing for his penalty. That obviously made a difference

[@pozsoz]

Martinez should have been booked for what he did to Tchouameni (unsportsmanslike conduct), but he wasn't, then he did the same in the next penalty and was finally booked when it didn't matter anymore, and he should have been booked for time wasting as well during the match, but who cares, MeSsI GOAT and that's the only thing that seemed to matter this World Cup.

[@mylittlethoughttree]

@@pozsoz Ahh I thought he was booked for the Tchouameni penalty. If it wasn't until the one after, that's 100% a failure of the ref. I don't tend to blame players for tactical fouls and the like. They do what they can do to get an edge BUT the referee absolutely has to reign them in on it. Also I do feel really bad for Tchouameni, not his fault at all.

[@salihinmasnor]

Hi JJ, can i just take this time to say THANK YOU for the amazing daily content this entire world cup szn! From the tactical analysis to the podcasts post-match days, it really made me enjoy this WC to a whole new level this round. Keep doing what you’re doing! Much loves from Singapore 😬🙏

[@El_Diego86]

Vamos Argentina Carajo!!🏆 🏆 🏆 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷❤️❤️

[@me24469]

Interesting analysis. Great job from Scaloni for setting the team right and having the right tactics, almost. Having almost played a perfect game, Scaloni didn't make his subs early enough. By the 80th minute, Argentina was almost spent, u can see obviously Alvarez pressing drop significantly, De Paul was running on empty and by taking off Di Maria, the out ball for Argentina and the counter to Mbappe was off (I can understand that, Di Maria couldn't last the 90). This let France the space and chance. The energy Argentina had just gone, with it maybe some of the concentration. France had waited for it to pounce. After replacing fresh legs, Argentina regained some of its dominance. But too late, France had also regained their confidence and momentum. At that point, I had really thought Lautaro Martinez is Higuain 2.0. Luckily it didn't. Overall, I think this game was "exhilarating" is because Argentina let the game drift away. It was not the first time. Scalonetta has always start games brilliantly then suffered at the end. This is something Scaloni had to address I think. Had Scaloni refresh with subs earlier we might have a more straight forward final.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

He made them too early actually! Di Maria in particular, when he was subbed off Argentina dropped too deep.

[@LeeWaBee]

The Tifo team videos and Livestream were the highlights of the tournament for me. Thank you to everybody, and of course producer Nathan

[@panic_seller]

France didn't expect big game player Angel Di Maria who has played and scored in all of Argentina's Final matches Finalissima, Copa America, Olympics, and now World Cup Final. That's how France lost, the game was very much one-sided until he was subbed off

[@thumbhead3370]

Yup. Of all the questionable subs France made, Argentina made the worst. Acuna was absolutely awful.

[@matiboulogne2857]

We should've taken Garnacho to this WC instead of Thiago Almada. Garnacho is the natural replacement for Di María. With him in the field, France would've had always an attacker for the left line.

[@adruery]

Thank God for the match screen grabs! My biggest gripe of Tifo has always been talking about matches without imagery (video would obviously be ideal). The other thing is, that probability of scoring chart; haven't seen that before so it would be nice to have that explained a little better before or during using it as a reference.

[@thisIsFunnyLolz]

France was basically let back into the game to give Argentina a real challenge by taking off di Maria and putting a defender in his spot and otamendi being a fool 😂 France was dead in the water. Glad the right team won in the end

[@mythix5906]

Julian is so underrated, its kinda sad, he put everything into each game and no one really cares.

[@Oliver-zm2ho]

I'm sure his team mates and his coaches cared

[@juanrapetti8355]

maybe in europe, everybody in south america loves him, specially us argentinians (I love him and im a Boca Juniors fan).

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

I swear, compared to the Saudi Arabia game 3 players came in and changed how Argentina play. Fernandez, Alvarez and McAllister. Much better than Paredes and Lautaro.

[@DCUEmp_prinzy]

@@oldskoolmusicnostalgia Paredes is a dirty player as well.

[@paul1234730]

I don't get these kinds of comments, pundits regularly praised them, there were comments praising him, he won the fkin world cup, but no one really cares? How do you get that idea? Just because he didn't win best young player?

[@gogousa6661]

The Flick ons on Argentina’s 2nd Goal and Frances 2nd Goal we’re Top Class

[@MichaelBoogerd]

Argentina's second goal was a thing of beauty - from the slick passing move and finish, to how we got to that situation in the first place with their excellent start to the game. BUT! The current World Champions nearly slipped out twice by taking foot off the gas... first against Netherlands, now against France.

[@Tommythecat007]

Far out that Argentinian goalkeeper has got to be ranked the best in the world. The foot reflex save he did in extra time is probably the best save I've ever seen. I'm not sure any other keeper at the World cup would have saved that.

[@moharr3582]

Casillas 2010 against Robben comes into mind, but yeah it was amazing, both equally good imo, it's little moments like those that win you tournaments.

[@rossneil4413]

He’s definitely not the best. Calling him the best because of one save is ridiculous.

[@themanmachine125]

he had a great game but to call him the best keeper in the world is the definition of a knee jerk reaction…he’s had plenty of average and subpar performances at club level

[@user-ds5ub9kn8y]

That’s a knee jerk reaction.. it was an amazing save and he had a great game, also had a great WC in general but he’s been poor at Villa in some games. It was a great save but it’s not the best save ever. Bounou was superb during the entirety and in such good form that he, Alisson, and Courtois would’ve saved that

[@scepticrat]

he's not even the best keeper in the EPL.

[@AIIXIII0]

Ngl I've underestimated the current Argentina. That's why I never thought they would win but dang, Argentina really pulled through. Messi didn't carry this one.. the whole Argentina followed through. I've underestimated their whole journey to this day.

[@KVOSkillz]

Expecting Molina to recover for the second goal when Mbappe has the momentum is ridiculous

[@reidpattis3127]

I am an Argentina fan for life, but I think subbing off Giroud was a big mistake. The ONLY dangerous shot in the first half was from Giroud (not on target, but poses a threat). His aerial presence was AMAZING. There were many set pieces where I feel that Giroud would be the better option in the box. He just always knows where to be at what time to win that header

[@jelenie]

Giroud is injured that's why they replaced him, he wasn't even supposed to play the final

[@marianchicago4002]

I thought if Otamendi puts the ball in the stands instead of trying to play it, France never get the penalty and it's game over.

[@YeTism]

Ronaldo fans then: “haha no international trophy for Messi! He’s a choker when he wears the Argentina shirt” Ronaldo fans now: “RIGGED”

[@Swaggmaster45]

I am genuinely surprised at the lack of acknowledgment there is toward how crucial Mac Allister was to this game...

[@sunner108]

Impressive by Scaloni. The only thing I questioned was whether he should have made some subs earlier, Argentina were starting to look quite tired after the 70th minute and were really struggling to hold on to the ball and lost control of the midfield. After that, France was able to get past the midfield quite easily and the Argentina backline was in trouble. Maybe someone like Paredes could have helped a bit earlier -- he came on and started winning duels, which helped Argentina gain some control again.

[@mangoesboy]

JJ you need to update the Argentina jersey with another star. It's 3 stars baby!

[@havrij5596]

Grizmann s defensive play was insane this game

[@crolynx4033]

I wish Maradona was here to see Argentina lift the cup

[@chungawunga7769]

Maradona is one of the reasons why we didn't lift trophies for 20 years

[@Vriappiopoi]

@@chungawunga7769 Please explain.

[@therealclp7488]

@@Vriappiopoi The pressure of living up to him had to have weighed down on the players. It’s yet another thing on their minds that shouldn’t be when they’re trying to focus on the game itself

[@chungawunga7769]

@@Vriappiopoi not only there was a lot of pressure bestowed on the National team to be like him and live up to his deeds, but he also was a negative influence on national football as a whole, after he retired. He endorsed corrupt club presidents and bad managers and sabotaged good managers and players. Scaloni himself was disrespected by Maradona in 2019, and Pablo Aimar (Scaloni’s right hand) never got to play for the national team because Maradona had endorsed Riquelme, who’s just like him but alive.

[@pollos1]

@@chungawunga7769that might be true but saying that he had to be dead for argentina to win is weird

[@chrislj2005]

Love to see an Irishman in an Argentina jersey. There´s lots of Macs and O´s here in Argentina still!

[@VasileIuga]

The only realistic analysis on KZbin, the rest is "Mbappe changed the game". Is insane how people can get it so wrong.

[@w1ldster]

well done JJ and Tifo team 💙♥️💜💚💛🧡

[@muhammadabbas4857]

Big thank you for all your nice and lovely analyses throughout the tournament ... really loved your coverage ... good luck ...

[@eldararnautovic2797]

I watched a lot of Argentina games in past 3-4 years, and they were best when Di Maria played on left wing(that's how they won against Brazil in Copa America), and from the first game vs Saudi Arabia if Di Maria plays he plays on right wing. And turns out they were just waiting for the final to use their ultimate tactic.

[@entretenimientovacio7779]

Exacto

[@United_Wings]

THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME - MESSI 🐐🇦🇷

[@user-zq1nz7qv7o]

Saudi Arabia is the winner of THE WC. Alhamdulilah

[@kr8s]

What was deschamps thinking playing with 2 player midfield against Argentina...took him 40 minutes to understand things are not going great?... What disaster from Dembele and Kounde

[@akamiguelsanchez9985]

Hernandez was absolutely shocking

[@Waterfox22]

You must watch the second Argentina's goal again.

[@sacchetpradhan4287]

Guess the Higuaín curse was real

[@MrEric23]

Man you are brilliant! That was a lesson in the technical side of football many like me don’t know! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@crazyman2820]

imo the di maria substitution was a poor one and changed the game from then on

[@littyagain]

I don't think he was fit enough to play a full 90

[@juanrapetti8355]

He picked up an injury during the tournament, hardly got any playing time during play offs.

[@crazyman2820]

ah fair

[@Highonwater3X]

It wasn't really subbing off Di Maria that changed things. Argentina were still dominating for 20 more minutes after that. It was the fact that Scaloni (who deserves amazing praise and credit) didn't make any midfield substitutions when his players were clearly exhausted. De Paul started looking like he couldn't run after 65 minutes and he wasn't subbed off until what, 100+? Mac Allister was fantastic too, but was also clearly tiring out. It made France be able to bypass the midfield far too many times. If one or both of them had been subbed off around 70 minutes, I genuinely don't think France would have come back into the game the way they did.

[@mokisan]

I didn't sleep too jj, and I am not even aregentinian. I am so happy that they won, and no its not for Messi. I loved martinez and livakovic they are my players of torunament.

[@razielle6795]

Di María is always a final glass cannon. Love it

[@thabopitsoo]

You're top class brother you & and your team thanks for the fresh content!

[@nahidmirmahmud8914]

In the build up corner to the thrid penalty, one french player was playing volleyball. VAR did not review that.

[@UDntWannaTryMe]

I knew Tifo was going to have a video. I imagine they'll have a few.

[@SaveUsMarku]

Really cool video mate. Loved learning the players tactics for this game.

[@solomongrundy1905]

Think it's worth mentioning that the French team were hit by a bug that wiped out some of their players. Likely influenced their performance and some of the early substitutions.

[@hernancilley1346]

It’s not. There are 26 available slots in the team and only 3 picked it up during the week. France could have rotated. Not only were those guys boosted, they only missed one training and were available on Saturday. Take off your tin foil hat. France lost after giving everything to try and win.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

Maybe but France had a deeper squad too. A number of players on the Argentina squad like Papu, Lautaro and Paredes were just zombies (others like Almada, Palacios and Rodriguez under-utilized, Scaloni's mistake).

[@chromecookies1274]

@@hernancilley1346 what do you mean tinfoil hat? it's not a conspiracy if it's a real assessment

[@TiwariAbhishek_]

If Di Maria played 90 mins...game would have ended 3-0

[@danjdear]

This really exposes how poor a decision it was to not start Rashford v France. Him and Sterling could have had a field day with a slightly deeper Kane.

[@aguanteflema]

love this videos. you made my world cup better

[@ze_abed]

DIMARIA SUBSTITUTED is the starting point of a long game. Mannnn if he stayed all 90 min, we dont need to go to pens i think

[@epicmarschmallow5049]

Apparently he wasn't fit enough for the full 90; he picked up a minor injury somewhere on the way

[@huyla1472]

He was exhausted by the time he got substituted

[@ze_abed]

@@huyla1472 idk the facts here. But when I first saw that, it was looking more like a tactical aproach. I thought the coach wanted to defend. But mannn. Acunha was really bad last night. Almost single handedly ruin a whole nation chance of winning World Cup...

[@Highonwater3X]

It wasn't really subbing off Di Maria that changed things. Argentina were still dominating for 20 more minutes after that. It was the fact that Scaloni (who deserves amazing praise and credit) didn't make any midfield substitutions when his players were clearly exhausted. De Paul started looking like he couldn't run after 65 minutes and he wasn't subbed off until what, 100+? Mac Allister was fantastic too, but was also clearly tiring out. It made France be able to bypass the midfield far too many times. If one or both of them had been subbed off around 70 minutes, I genuinely don't think France would have come back into the game the way they did.

[@benjamynmaung2970]

IMO, Otamendi’s mistake is the game changing moment actually. If he just simply kicked the ball out towards the stand, I bet France would have never come back in the game. Goals does change momentum and games eventually and there were so many examples of this in history, recent and far. If the match went on for say 5-10 more minutes during the normal playing period, France would come out the winner. Argentina were completely shell shocked with almost zero belief and energy left in them at one point.

[@miistercrayon]

For me the difference between the two notional “don’t defend” was how much Messi did fight for the ball in his defensive area. There was a stat that said that Messi had 9 reception between the defensive and midfield lines (which can obviously only happen if he’s there). Also I think argentina were gassed by the second half while france were garbage through out. France have been involved in two two penalty for one team games and the two penalty teams have lost both.

[@stefanoroberti]

That Castolo shirt 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@zxcdexlng5261]

Geuinely surprised you got it right here! ARGENTINA won the world cup, and not an individual player :>

[@doc-t-8648]

Wonderful game. End to end stuff. Brilliant.

[@pt17171]

Everyone forgot till 78th minute France did not even have a shot on goal, the game was not even close. In extra time Argentina were better also. It was just Mbappe that carried France.

[@CrissAuriel]

Thank you. I really like your explanation about the game.

[@vKonFuZaH]

Amazing coverage as always cheers

[@mattegan3439]

Where can I get the Castolo shirt? Dodo was the real cult hero of that team!

[@nemesis4292]

great work. much appreciated

[@real23lions]

Can’t wait until we can access players’ minds 😂

[@renet0x156]

Brighton player World Cup winner !!! Aston villa goal keeper World Cup winner !!!

[@renet0x156]

Diego and the gods have spoken.

[@treecko3926]

And the referee's

[@blackmage567]

I think also the difference in player quality between the 2 squads made it harder to see out the game for Argentina. I mean, when Alvarez was a press monster for 80 minutes, and now he cannot run anymore, you kept him on the pitch being quite unproductive until you put lautaro on who is completely different. Plus, Messi doesnt contribute that much defensively. Plus, Acuña has a great work rate but does not offer the attacking or counterattacking threat that Di Maria offers. So you end up losing everything that you needed to stay "in the game". Still, france had like 2 shots on goal until the ET.

[@evrendagdelen9595]

Out of topic, but is that a PES Master League reference with the Castolo 9 shirt on the wall? If it is, thanks for the smile.

[@rey5868]

Benzema’s composure, playmaking skills and defensive attribution were needed for this game. I wish I had this good read of the game. I thought Argentina’s defense was going to colapse and Di Maria would go ghost. Was baffled that France couldn’t attack and this analysis helped understand why that happen. Congrats to Argentina

[@falconeshield]

The team hates him and won a WC before without him, crashed out from the last Euros with him. He shouldn't have burned bridges.

[@salthepal]

To my amateur eyes, the game turned against Argentina as soon as Di Maria came off

[@killercaos123]

What are the statistical chances a player will score a hat trick in a World Cup Final, and lose? I’m just curious about the math on it

[@lenneth1188]

They took of 2 of their best penalties takers, Giroud and Griezmann lul. Tchouameni looked terrified ofc he was gonna miss

[@Wrioncnkiye]

Di Maria was the key, both to ball possession and high pressing. Were he a bit younger or having a little bit of match fitness to stay until 80mins, France would have no way back.

[@MangoFandangoBB]

Scaloni was magnificent. I think few expected Di Maria to play LW and cause confusion in the French backline. Scaloni was tactically impeccable... until he subbed Di Maria and retained the shape vs France 424. Should have brought Lisandro for Di Maria and replace Tagliafico for Acuna. Play 532 with Lisandro being a pseudo sweeper. The 6 men in the middle would have cut the serpent's head as France had zero midfield. But it wouldn't have made for a thrilling finale. So.. there's that. haha

[@aidanjanemcintosh6919]

Of course, De Paul The Bodyguard

[@mohamedaly7539]

Saudi Arabia is the winner of this WC Alhamdulillah

[@baririzqullah5782]

The more I see the explanation of the final game, the more I understand why Kante and Pogba in the midfield is basically the heart and soul of France NT, their injury is the big miss for France NT.