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Gab and Juls: Argentina are World Champions

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Sports, Soccer

4.32.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Argentina dominate for a majority of the game but France come back in thrilling fashion to make this one of the greatest finals ever played. What did Argentina do right and what did France do wrong? And the Messi vs Mbappe battle lived up to the hype with each player putting on a show. Was does this win mean for Messi's legacy? And what does it mean for Mbappe going forward? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm Gab, he's Jules.

0:04.2

Could care less about the weather in West London right now because we have new world

0:08.5

champions, Jules.

0:09.5

I'm sorry it is not France, it is Argentina, Lionel Messi, finally winning the World Cup.

0:14.9

We're going to get into that.

0:15.9

We will get into that, Messi fans.

0:18.0

But first we have to reflect on the game because as a neutral, and as you know, I am a neutral

0:22.5

in this one, this was maybe the most entertaining final.

0:28.6

I can remember right up there with Germany and Argentina in 1986, but maybe this is even

0:33.6

better.

0:34.6

Yeah, I thought it was the greatest World Cup final ever, I have to be honest, even if

0:37.7

it broke my heart at the end, there's so much emotion, so many twists, so much drama,

0:45.0

so much perfection from Argentina for 45 minutes, maybe up to an hour, an amazing performance

0:51.0

from Canada, back here, an amazing performance from Lionel Messi as well.

0:53.6

It was just fantastic to watch, to be there, for us to witness in the stadium, for people

0:58.2

from the television, listening to the radio.

1:00.3

It was a special moment.

1:01.7

I just wish that the ending, you know, it's understandable.

1:05.9

You got to celebrate four years ago, and in fact, 24 years ago as well, maybe you were

1:12.0

a little child.

1:14.1

We want to get into Messi and Bobby because obviously that is a big part of the story,

1:18.8

we have to start with the coaches because when I saw the lineups and I saw Di Maria in

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