[Preface]
The final of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will see the Pampas Eagles, Argentina, take on the defending champions, the Gallic Roosters, France. Both teams have 5 wins and 1 loss in the tournament, with their only losses coming in the group stage, but the difference is that Argentina's first match was against France.
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Loss to Saudi Arabia, second consecutive thrilling win after
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France started the tournament with two consecutive victories before losing to Tunisia in the third match due to a massive rotation of the squad. In the knockout rounds, Argentina did not encounter too much difficulty in the remaining two matches, except for the battle with the Netherlands in the last eight, which was won by a 12-yard penalty shootout, while France defeated their opponents in all three knockout round matches within the regular 90-minute time frame, with the toughest battle occurring in the last eight, when they defeated fellow favorites England, and then the two last sixteen and the semifinal matches were easy to get through.
Argentina and France are both two-time World Cup winners in the history of the tournament, behind Brazil (five times), Germany (four times) and Italy (four times). Argentina has been to five World Cup finals, winning in 1978 and 1986, and most recently in Brazil in 2014, when the Pampas Eagles lost to Germany. France, on the other hand, have been to three World Cup finals, winning in 1998 and 2018. As for the all-time head-to-head record between Argentina and France, Argentina has the edge with six wins, three draws and three losses, but the last time the two teams met was exactly four years ago in 2018 in Russia.
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The road to the new King was laid out and the Gallic Roosters won the title with successive victories.
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Argentina entered the World Cup with a strong 36-game unbeaten streak in international matches, but in their first group match against Saudi Arabia, the Argentinean team was unable to get a win.
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Head coach Lionel Scaloni has been instrumental in getting the team back on its feet with a winning streak after the loss. Scaloni is not a nepotist and is willing to change formations to suit his opponents, having played 4-3-1-2, 5-3-2, and 4-4-2 in this tournament, and temporarily reintroducing Enzo Dernandez and Julain Alvarez during the course of the tournament proved that Scaloni is a man willing to change. In addition, Scaloni's changes in the game have also worked several times. For example, against Australia, when the Australian team pressed forward to take advantage of their size advantage when they were down, he immediately replaced Lisandro Martinez to change to a five-guard formation to hold on to the win, proving that Scaloni is a coach with strong decision-making power in the middle of the field.
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No matter how you change the lineup.
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The absolute tactical centerpiece of the game. 35 year old
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With five goals, he is tied for the tournament's scoring title (with France's Kylian Mbappe) and three assists (with Portugal's Bruno Fernandez, England's Harry Kane, and France's Antoine Griezmann), and is currently the player with the highest claim to the World Cup's Golden Ball award.
Lionel Messi (1987-), Argentine footballer
Apart from the fact that he is still at his peak technically and mentally, the most important unsung hero behind the scenes is Rodrygo De Paul, the bodyguard. Due to his age.
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must focus on orchestrating the offense, so his tasks on the defensive end must be subbed out by his teammates, including DePaul, Enzo Fernandez, Alexis Mac Allister, and Alvarez all sharing to some extent
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Deficiencies in run defense, I take an extra step,
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Just a little more energy on the offensive end. DePaul, in particular, being a midfielder, has been replacing the high press from time to time on the
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He presses the opponent's backline and has to return to his own backline to protect the front of the line of scrimmage when he drops down to defend. In addition, DePaul provides an invisible contribution on the offensive side of the ball, unlike Enzo Fernandez, who is not as skilled on the ball or as gifted a passer, but he provides one of the most difficult to see, but most important, runs without the ball.
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has delivered 18 key passes in the current campaign, second only to Griezmann's 21, a statistic which, apart from the
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Outside of his own offensive planning ability, it's important to recognize that DePaul's running game for the
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Pulling space and taking away from the defense.
