World Cup: Reaction after Argentina's remarkable triumph

SMS Message: Messi is a legend of the game and the victory over France was the icing, however 75% of his club-side achievements would have been achieved by those clubs without Messi onboard. You cannot say the same for Pele and Maradona. Pele remains the GOAT. Maradona the Deputy and Messi the Regent. from Opeyemi, Lagos

Messi is a legend of the game and the victory over France was the icing, however 75% of his club-side achievements would have been achieved by those clubs without Messi onboard. You cannot say the same for Pele and Maradona. Pele remains the GOAT. Maradona the Deputy and Messi the Regent.

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Football rivalries in Latin America are fierce and Argentina's team is not normally one that the rest of the continent comes together to support.

When Argentina lost in their opening match to Saudi Arabia, there were many jokes about the country being arrogant.

It was felt that the footballing giant had been taken down a notch, and that it was a good thing.

As other South American teams dropped out of the competition, more and more Latin American fans came together to support Messi and his team.

Football fans in countries that are currently in crisis, such as Venezuela and Peru, welcomed the chance to put their worries aside and celebrate. They had a brief moment of joy at a Latin American victory without the political divisions which still haunt them.

The bus journey the Argentina team was treated to last night, through the streets of Doha, was on an entirely different scale to France's departure this morning.

You can't help but feel bad for Kylian. The Frenchman won the Golden Boot after scoring three goals in the World Cup final, but he still gets trolled.

The Argentine goalkeeper asked his team-mates to observe a minute's silence for the French forward.

The Paris St-Germain star put the ball past him four times in the match, including a penalty in the shoot out.

The keeper from Villa made a great save from Muani in the extra time to keep Argentina in the game.

There is a person named "Jermain Jenas."

A former England player is on the show.

They did all they could. He has three World Cup medals and will return. He's too good to be left out.

France football expert Adam White believes ‘this French team have done a brilliant job’ at this year’s World Cup.

Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, White says: “Given the way the French came into this tournament with loads of injuries and fractured squad and a difficult build up in general, they’ve done a brilliant job to get this far”.

“I spent a lot of the game talking about how France had a lot of weapons that could hurt Argentina and it turned out that none of them turned up apart from Kylian Mbappe…he dragged them back into the game”.

White believes that the French camp must have been affected by the virus.

“This team is pragmatic and they dig in and they famously win games the hard way and for them to not show up for a final, to be sluggish and lack lustre and to look tired…it must have had an effect," he said.

France is done with the World Cup. The journey home is about to begin for the head coach and his team.

Fqiren: Can't help to think that Giroud and Dembele would have taken and converted France's 2nd and 3rd penalties yesterday if they were not subbed out early. Also, Mbappe is just 4 goals from equalling Klose's record at the next WC. And he's only 27 by then! What a star!

Following France's loss to Argentina in the World Cup final, Kylian Mbappe promised to return.

The Paris St-Germain forward won the Golden Boot after scoring eight goals in the tournament, but he couldn't lead his country to back-to-back world titles.

The third consecutive World Cup will be hosted by the USA, Canada and Mexico in the year 2046.

We've been discussing the debate about the greatest player of all time.

Adam White has opinions on football. He thinks KylianMbappe is the best.

The 23 year-old finished his second World Cup campaign as the tournament’s top scorer and became the first man to score three goals in a World Cup since Geoff Hurst in 1966.

“He’s already got those 12 goals, he’s already won the World Cup, he’s won everything in France...that’s an incredible thing to say for a 23 year-old,” White told BBC Radio 5 Live.

"He’s incredibly important to France, they are going to build their team around him.

“They produce so much talent that he is going to have the chance to go deep in world cups for the next 10 years."

It seems odd to talk about the cup after what we saw yesterday.

I don't think we'll see anything like that this week.

Eddie Howe was the one who wrote that.

Here is an update on the status of the player.

Eddie Howe said that the World Cup final was a dull game. It was a great advertisement for football. Football is never done until the final whistle is played.

The game was a good one with good players on the pitch. The World Cup ended with a lot of drama.

The two world-class players that led both teams were amazing.

Eddie Howe said that Lionel Messi's victory at the World Cup was a great story for him and that he was one of the greatest players of all time.

The way he conducts himself. He was with his friends and family at the end of the game. Scenes for him and for Argentina were great.

He is a world-class talent and he has not lost his attributes. His little touches and skills have always been more important than his pace. I loved watching that goal and he was an important part of it.

Eddie Howe, speaking ahead of Tuesday's EFL Cup fourth-round tie at home to Bournemouth, on return to action after going into the World Cup break on the back of six consecutive victories.

We want to get there as soon as possible. The cup tie is the first step to reestablishing our form.

We want to return to competitive games. It's important for me to hear that the guys are eager to get our season started again after the World Cup.

We need to get our rhythm back quickly. I don't want the feeling to go away.

Eddie Howe has spoken about the availability of his World Cup players ahead of Tuesday's game at home to Bournemouth.

England duo Nick Pope and Kieran Trippier both played in Saturday's 2-1 friendly win over Rayo Vallecano, but they were not the only ones who didn't play in the game.

Howe was asked if they could feature against Bournemouth: "We'll wait and see. I spoke with all the international lads when they came back, obviously Kieran and Nick were very keen to play in the game.

"Those conversations are important because those boys have had not just the physical load from being at the World Cup, but the mental side of it can't be under-estimated, so I'll continue those conversations with the other lads and we'll see where we are."

We will bring you all the main talking points throughout the day, because we have a few manager press conferences coming up.

Eddie Howe was the first one.

The fourth round of the cup starts on Tuesday. We can look forward to this week's ties.

There was a Tuesday in December.

The Dons are against the city.

The game is between Bournemouth andNewcastle.

The game is between Lincoln City andSouthampton.

The Wolves are playing Gillingham.

On Wednesday, December 21st.

The game is between Blackburn andNottingham Forest.

The game is between Charlton andBrighton.

The Manchester United-Burnley game will take place on 2 April.

On Thursday, December 22nd.

The game between Manchester City andLiverpool will be played on Friday, February 2nd.