Two of football’s super-heavyweights - Argentina and France - are each seeking a third World Cup title
Two of football’s super-heavyweights — Argentina and France — are each seeking a third World Cup titleDoha — After a mesmerising month of upsets, when several brash outsiders threatened soccer’s status quo, the World Cup final will have a familiar feel on Sunday when two of the sport’s super-heavyweights go toe to toe, each seeking a third title.
They really found their rhythm against Croatia, sweeping aside a team who had just knocked out Brazil, to march into the final on a high. Of course, absolutely nothing that has happened in the previous six games will matter a jot for the team who will triumph at the 88,000-capacity Lusail Stadium. The final will mark his 26th World Cup appearance, more than any other player, as the stars are seemingly aligning for the mini-maestro.Sport, however, has a tendency not to follow the script — which is why billions have been tuning in around the world as the likes of Japan, South Korea, Croatia and Morocco refused to accept their assigned “supporting actor” roles and left Germany, Belgium, Spain and Brazil exiting early, stage left.
France also know that in the rapier thrusts of Kylian Mbappe, the old-school centre-forward instincts of Olivier Giroud and the creative wanderings of Antoine Griezmann they have their own formidable armoury.
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