AL KHOR, Qatar — The 2022 World Cup began amid controversy with chaos. It began here at the Al Bayt Stadium with a night all about Qatar, then quickly turned upside down. It pushed Argentina to the brink after less than 48 hours, and soon discarded Belgium and Germany. It continued, all the way to the semifinals, with Morocco and Croatia — and that, on Tuesday and Wednesday, at the feet of two giants, is where it ended.
. It all still feels a bit strange and cringey, a bit uncomfortable and morally complicated, but my goodness, it will be overflowing with sumptuous narratives. It seems almost incapable of disappointing.
“There is not only Messi in that team, eh,” French striker Olivier Giroud said Wednesday. “They've got great players who work for the team also.”only Messi — which of course is an exaggeration, but surrounding him was an Argentine mess. The French remember that game; head coach Didier Deschamps remembers how Messi surprisingly played as something of a striker; Giroud remembers how N'Golo Kanté, the always-everywhere French midfielder,"was all the game, on [Messi's] back.
And while they don’t have Kante, nor Paul Pogba, nor a host of 2018-present regulars who’ve been felled by injury, they have a near-ideal blend of kids and vets. They have Aurelien Tchouameni, a majestic, multi-talented midfielder playing somewhat in place of Kante. And they have 2018 winners to help guide him and the other World Cup first-timers.
France, though, has sufficient depth to weather an outbreak. Argentina has plenty too. Together, they have all the ingredients to concoct a final for the ages, the most memorable of the 21st century.
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