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Mbappe will get at least 2 more. If Messi wasn't in the Argentina team this year he'd have got his second. He's 23.

soneca 4y ago
Very bold prediction to use the word “will” without any qualification
eldaisfish 4y ago
Predictions like this have been made about numerous players and most have been wrong. What wins a world cup is a team, not individuals.
- jpcrs 4y ago
  This is exactly one of to reasons to guess that Mbappe will achieve this. Even if he, as individual, get injuried or worse at playing, France still has an incredibly strong young generation.
- sofixa 4y ago
  And France have easily one of the best teams, with lots of very talented youngsters waiting for a chance to prove themselves. Even with multiple injured highly important players that would have otherwise started (Pogba, Kanté, L. Hernandez, Benzema, Nkunku to an extent) they got to the final. For every player retiring (Benzema, probably Giroud and Lloris) there are younger players ready to step in, all the way down to the youth teams. And this is at every position, unlike most other teams like Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Spain that have obvious gaps in at least one position. The only other ones that come close in terms of all roundness of talent are England. France will be a menace for at least the next decade.
  - quetzthecoatl 4y ago
    while france does have a great squad, this sort of prediction goes against world cup history. Hardly ever the favorites win the world cup. In fact, imo the last time the favorites won the world cup was in 2002.
    - thiagocmoraes 4y ago
      Think most Brazilians would disagree Brazil was favorite in 2002. It was a very messy campaign before getting to the world cup.
      - quetzthecoatl 4y ago
        yes the campaign wasn't so good, and the copa before that was disastrous for brazil, but brazil were still the favorites. They had ronaldo, rivaldo, roberto carlos, cafu, kaka, ronaldinho, lucio, juninho in their line up. Granted Ronaldinho and Kaka were yet to hit their peak, but they were the team. If not for injuries and partying, even romario would have been there.
  - peruvian 4y ago
    Stacked teams go home early all the time in WCs. France getting to the final again is an exception. France went home early to Switzerland on penalties last year at the Euros (Mbappe missed a penalty!). That could happen again in 2026.
- Beltalowda 4y ago
  > What wins a world cup is a team, not individuals. Also just luck. You can be in an "easy" play-off pool or a "difficult" one, you can have "easy" or "difficult" quarter finals, semi-finals, and finals. Of course it still takes great skill and preparation from the entire team to win no matter what, and I don't want to take away from that, but the way the thing is set up means that in the end, "winning" doesn't mean nearly as much as it's made out to be.
wslh 4y ago
It is impossible to predict but we can talk about the past: Messi is Argentinian and Maradona too. A goal like this will be difficult to see in the future: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wVho3I0NtU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wVho3I0NtU

Very bold prediction to use the word “will” without any qualification

Predictions like this have been made about numerous players and most have been wrong. What wins a world cup is a team, not individuals.

jpcrs 4y ago
This is exactly one of to reasons to guess that Mbappe will achieve this. Even if he, as individual, get injuried or worse at playing, France still has an incredibly strong young generation.
sofixa 4y ago
And France have easily one of the best teams, with lots of very talented youngsters waiting for a chance to prove themselves. Even with multiple injured highly important players that would have otherwise started (Pogba, Kanté, L. Hernandez, Benzema, Nkunku to an extent) they got to the final. For every player retiring (Benzema, probably Giroud and Lloris) there are younger players ready to step in, all the way down to the youth teams. And this is at every position, unlike most other teams like Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Spain that have obvious gaps in at least one position. The only other ones that come close in terms of all roundness of talent are England. France will be a menace for at least the next decade.
- quetzthecoatl 4y ago
  while france does have a great squad, this sort of prediction goes against world cup history. Hardly ever the favorites win the world cup. In fact, imo the last time the favorites won the world cup was in 2002.
  - thiagocmoraes 4y ago
    Think most Brazilians would disagree Brazil was favorite in 2002. It was a very messy campaign before getting to the world cup.
    - quetzthecoatl 4y ago
      yes the campaign wasn't so good, and the copa before that was disastrous for brazil, but brazil were still the favorites. They had ronaldo, rivaldo, roberto carlos, cafu, kaka, ronaldinho, lucio, juninho in their line up. Granted Ronaldinho and Kaka were yet to hit their peak, but they were the team. If not for injuries and partying, even romario would have been there.
- peruvian 4y ago
  Stacked teams go home early all the time in WCs. France getting to the final again is an exception. France went home early to Switzerland on penalties last year at the Euros (Mbappe missed a penalty!). That could happen again in 2026.
Beltalowda 4y ago
> What wins a world cup is a team, not individuals. Also just luck. You can be in an "easy" play-off pool or a "difficult" one, you can have "easy" or "difficult" quarter finals, semi-finals, and finals. Of course it still takes great skill and preparation from the entire team to win no matter what, and I don't want to take away from that, but the way the thing is set up means that in the end, "winning" doesn't mean nearly as much as it's made out to be.

wslh 4y ago

It is impossible to predict but we can talk about the past: Messi is Argentinian and Maradona too. A goal like this will be difficult to see in the future: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wVho3I0NtU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wVho3I0NtU