First of all, silence for all heart attacks, tachycardia, fast-track admissions to psychiatric clinics, those who fell in the cup and the cup that is coming to an end.
The chants, the songs, the follies for those revived with the left leg of Emiliano Martínez and with a woman’s face on Montiel’s left shoulder. Perhaps the woman who knows the future “because she sees with the eye of the South”. The fans made waves and there was no reality after that penalty. Just ripples in the air. Spinetta sounded throughout Argentina, although the tse tse fly, fito, charly were in the hoarseness of thousands.
The lost torch landed on Messi, “a test-tube god of merciful light.” And the sky has its feet now. His hands, the trophy. The dawn he searched skin to skin, which the cabal (almost everyone) announced to him and which Ángel Di María began to clear until Mbappé came to steal the sun from the flag, which is the same as becoming Messi rob in the spotlight in the final.
Nicolás Otamendi (L) of Argentina contests a ball with Christopher Nkunku of France in the Qatar 2022 World Cup Final at the Lusail Stadium today. Photo: EFE/Juan Ignacio Roncoroni.
It is not yet known which was more scandalous, whether the penalty awarded by Marciniak for Dembelé or France’s zero game. Theo Hernández looked like Brazilian Branco (also left) at Italia 90, stunned by the Argentine waters. Griezmann, who wanted to proclaim himself king, was demoted to barón and Dembelé was the Dembelé of the whole tournament. Di María was the one with the goal in the 2008 Olympics, the extra time against Switzerland in Brazil 2014, the one in the Copa America final. Scaloni started winning the final by putting him in the XI and it almost cost him the title after getting it out before the end.
Hours later, it is said that it was difficult to see that France fired their first shot in the 70th minute and the duel was interrupted by the last player to make the squad, a Frankfurt winger who was in Qatar because of Nkunku’s break from training was before the first day. To the Albicelestes who believe in prophecies it certainly seemed like a curse. Like Mbappé’s amazing goal in the triangle game with Mauni and Marcus, Thuram’s son, watching alongside Djorkaeff as his team suffered on the pitch.
What happened between 1980 and 1981 is like Flaco Spinetta’s term: “a downcast porn” for which it is not clear what it means or where it came from. That was the tie. In the face of so much agony, Maradona searched the sky for a line.
An exorcism for France with the monk Mbappé and the return of all demons for the Argentina of Messi fallen on the cross.
Lionel Messi (left) of Argentina and Kylian Mbappe of France during the Qatar 2022 World Cup Final match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium (Qatar) today. Photo: EFE/ Alberto Estevez.
Until recently, France seemed to care very little about the final and Argentina too much. One team played and the other made a mistake; he couldn’t make three passes in a row. That’s how the South Americans kept them until they were revolutionized by Coman and Camavinga, who aren’t generals or leaders, but who knows who’s making the revolutions.
1st photo: EFE/ Alberto Estevez
2nd photo: EFE/ Alberto Estevez
3rd photo: EFE/ Alberto Estevez
4. Photo: EFE/ Alberto Estevez
5. Photo: EFE/ Alberto Estevez
And more in football where you can see how in extra time Lautaro is first Higuaín and then the one who blows up the face of Lloris so that Messi reached Maradona’s zenith by participating in 10 goals in the tournament. Until Mbappé at the age of 23 became the first man to score 4 goals in the World Cup. He scored three consecutive penalties against Dibu Martínez but couldn’t stop the keeper stretching his left leg to stop Kolo Muani’s shot in the 120 minute, for which they had to create a Most Unexpected Hero award.
The leg and three saved penalties in two rounds earned the keeper the Golden Glove; the same who would go to the crotch in full jubilation, in a gesture that his fans have criticized him as little as the 8 goals that slipped from him in the tournament.
Photo: EFE/EPA/Friedemann Vogel.
France suffered in the penalty shootout against Lloris and maybe that’s when they stop crying for those who weren’t there. Argentina will go crazy for weeks “for one color only for one color” which is actually two. And besides, she’ll do it for one man, just one, which is really two or twenty-six or more. After that anything can be. “Everything will explode… waves in the air, waves in the air, waves in the air…”.
Lionel Messi celebrates his victory in the final of the World Cup in Qatar 2022 with Lautaro Martínez. Photo: EFE/ Alberto Estévez.
Kylian Mbappé overtakes the world champion after losing to Argentina in the Qatar 2022 final Photo: EFE/EPA/Tolga Bozoglu.
Players from Argentina celebrate their victory in the Qatar 2022 World Cup Final against France at the Lusail Stadium. Photo: EFE/ Alberto Estevez.