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Argentina were the best team by far 80 min. It just so happened that things went out of the script in the following 3 minutes, and then after we proceeded to w

Argentina were the best team by far 80 min. It just so happened that things went out of the script in the following 3 minutes, and then after we proceeded to watch quite possibly the best extra time played of all time, certainly in a final game. Best final? Possibly. But only because of the unexpected 2-2 which looked impossible in the preceding 80mins. In fact, there was only 1 team that showed up for most of the first 90mins. Had the game not gone into extra time, this would just be another lopsided game with a deserved winner. This was not a trade of blows, Rocky style. That was left for extra time :)

AlbertCory 4y ago
That's kind of silly. A match doesn't have to be trading blows like Rocky for the whole 90 minutes. Stuff happens. If you have a 2-0 lead, you have to protect it for the entire game. I get tired of things being proclaimed "the best ever" though. "It was really good" is plenty, unless you've watched every other one.
- gus_massa 4y ago
  [Hi from Argentina] When it was 2-0, I expected the team to go full defense as usual in other Word Cups. I't boring because you have 10 players defending and only 1 in the other half of the field trying to use an error to make a 3rd goal. It's at the same time very boring and very nerving. I was surprise they continue attacking, and were very close to the 3rd goal.
  - AlbertCory 4y ago
    Well, congratulations, anyway. They made it exciting.
  - matheusmoreira 4y ago
    It's boring but it's better than losing like Brazil did :)
- IG_Semmelweiss 4y ago
  We are talking about the best match ever. For a game to qualify as the "best ever", there MUST be trading blows. And I don't mean like fistfights. I mean like end to end almost-goal action. And comebacks. Which is exactly what happened in extra time. Twice. And plenty of chances gone amiss NO one remembers a game that ended 1-0 with nothing else happening. Its not memorable Even if its a final.
  - AlbertCory 4y ago
    that's like, just your opinion, man. Please compare to every other World Cup final now. Even the ones before you were born. List them all here. OR : we can just agree that it was a great game.
    - ofrzeta 4y ago
      It's all about opinion, isn't it? Even if they compared yesterdays final to every other final in history there are still no objective criteria to judge.
      - AlbertCory 4y ago
        Right. But at least they'd have to stop with the superlatives. I don't know if Messi is greater than Pelé or Maradona. Or if Muhammed Ali was greater than Joe Louis. They're all great.
    - IG_Semmelweiss 4y ago
      actually, it'd be very very easy to measure with the right stat toolsets. Simply look at XG, progressive passing, even something as basic as chances created, and i bet you will see a marked difference with other finals. And I mean the numbers will be high, but critically, and -this is important- they will high numbers split between BOTH teams. I think stats will bear that out. Unf I don't have access to opta to get this info without paying. Usually in Extra time you have both teams playing conservative, OR 1 team chasing the win and the other holding for dear life. Yesterday both teams were out to hurt each other.

AlbertCory 4y ago

That's kind of silly. A match doesn't have to be trading blows like Rocky for the whole 90 minutes. Stuff happens. If you have a 2-0 lead, you have to protect it for the entire game. I get tired of things being proclaimed "the best ever" though. "It was really good" is plenty, unless you've watched every other one.

gus_massa 4y ago
[Hi from Argentina] When it was 2-0, I expected the team to go full defense as usual in other Word Cups. I't boring because you have 10 players defending and only 1 in the other half of the field trying to use an error to make a 3rd goal. It's at the same time very boring and very nerving. I was surprise they continue attacking, and were very close to the 3rd goal.
- AlbertCory 4y ago
  Well, congratulations, anyway. They made it exciting.
- matheusmoreira 4y ago
  It's boring but it's better than losing like Brazil did :)
IG_Semmelweiss 4y ago
We are talking about the best match ever. For a game to qualify as the "best ever", there MUST be trading blows. And I don't mean like fistfights. I mean like end to end almost-goal action. And comebacks. Which is exactly what happened in extra time. Twice. And plenty of chances gone amiss NO one remembers a game that ended 1-0 with nothing else happening. Its not memorable Even if its a final.
- AlbertCory 4y ago
  that's like, just your opinion, man. Please compare to every other World Cup final now. Even the ones before you were born. List them all here. OR : we can just agree that it was a great game.
  - ofrzeta 4y ago
    It's all about opinion, isn't it? Even if they compared yesterdays final to every other final in history there are still no objective criteria to judge.
    - AlbertCory 4y ago
      Right. But at least they'd have to stop with the superlatives. I don't know if Messi is greater than Pelé or Maradona. Or if Muhammed Ali was greater than Joe Louis. They're all great.
  - IG_Semmelweiss 4y ago
    actually, it'd be very very easy to measure with the right stat toolsets. Simply look at XG, progressive passing, even something as basic as chances created, and i bet you will see a marked difference with other finals. And I mean the numbers will be high, but critically, and -this is important- they will high numbers split between BOTH teams. I think stats will bear that out. Unf I don't have access to opta to get this info without paying. Usually in Extra time you have both teams playing conservative, OR 1 team chasing the win and the other holding for dear life. Yesterday both teams were out to hurt each other.