FIFA World Cup

Got to love Rooney

On the halftime show

I loved it when it finished

I thought it was crap

Gabby speechless

Sixty minutes gone. So five to ten minutes to go until Argentina spring into life. 🧟

Do I keep watching or do I go to work ?
This could be 90 minutes where should have been doing something else

@sparky Spain looking the more likely atm

@Steven-Harris Argentina are still on a XG of 0.0

They have created nothing.

Spain had a free header but hit it straight at Emi Martinez.

Another hydration break to split up the tedium.

One of the most boring sporting fixtures I have ever seen.

Perhaps Dwight Yorke wasn’t the father after all

that was impressive hollywood given the minimal contact

@taniwharugby that’s pretty much the game especially if it gores to extra time
Tbf Spain have been the much better team in a game that’s hardly got off the ground

Spain have had chances but the end product hasn't been great.

Merino to score again.

Enzo Fernandez sent off for kicking someone in the air.

Spain should have won that comfortably. They were much the better side in 90 minutes, but keeping five at the back and woeful finishing, might be costly for them.

Argentina playing for penalty shoot out from an hour ago, they can’t offer a shot anyway. While Spain continue to miss good chances they will get their shot

Goooooaaaaallll

Game on as Spain finally sink one

Let's hope Spain are now tactically smarter than England...

Spain with the lead. and deservedly so. Can they hold on to it or increase it?

Spain with another disallowed goal. Argentina hanging in this game by their finger tips.

Spain miss another chance.

5 minutes to go. Argentina still have zero shots and zero XG.

Merino finally makes a header count…. Blocking Messi lol

And Leo Messi has Argentina's first shot of the match and it's bravely blocked.

Fuck that was class, this game would have been great if Argentina had decided to play like this earlier, missed shot but great play

Argentina seem to need to concede to roar into life.

Great chance for Argentina and Simone blasts it over the bar.

Less than two minutes now.

Spain hold on, deserved winners

This Spain team might be better than the 2010 team. 2010 had the greater players but what this Spain side has done to opposing attacks has been unreal.

Spain win it. Thank goodness for that.

And Spain have won their second men's football World Cup.

Congratulations!

Viva Espagna!

It would have been a travesty if Argentina's negative tactics were successful.

The stats will show it was the most one-sided final but it was always squeaky bum time.

To be fair, the way this Spain side doesn’t allow teams to attack is also part of this, they don’t concede goals. Although final 10 mins anything was on

@antipodean said in FIFA World Cup:

Anyway, on topic I'm predicting Spain. Are they still good?

It seems they are. Muy bien La Roja.

Leandro Paredes throws two haymakers at the Spanish after the final whistle.

Disgusting.

@sparky The way the Argentinian team and fans have conducted themselves all tournament is diagusting. I really enjoyed watching them lose this. Bunch of rat fuckers.

Spain conceded just one goal all tournament to Belgium. That's pretty amazing - deserved winners.

@No-Quarter Their xG against chart is all-time great. Portugal had 0.88 xG vs them and that was their highest in the tournament. They completely clamped France (0.3) and Argentina (0.2).

Sorry. What is xG?