2018 WORLD CUP FINAL: FRANCE VS CROATIA 4-2 (FT)

[oloye]

Pogba and Kante need to tighten up the midfield fast...the croats are running riot in the field..

The Croatians are runners, unlike English players they are making intelligent runs. They vary their play...I wish that Rebic had some bit of brain.

[tolahs]

Didier Deschamps doesn't deserve to be the Coach of his country more so with the offensive talent at his disposal - they might well lose this game cos he's cautious to the point of madness - France need more than Mbappe as an out ball for this match - should be Dembele & Mbappe out wide.

[GREENWHITEGREEN]

Pogba and Kante need to tighten up the midfield fast...the croats are running riot in the field..

They cannot be too tight. They will chop red.

[anikulapo]

That Rebic has no brain, I don't know what he is doing in the Croatian team, his IQ is the lowest in the team.

Arsenal are pricing him and Mourinho is helping jack up the prices.

Dean, shey you saw that last hold on Mbappe that didnt get a yellow.

I have already established that the ref is useless and bent. Everything he does after only buttesses my opinion. He gives the benefit that matters to France and compensates Croatia with the shitty inconsequential ones.

Oloye baba relax nah ... the ref has actually been more lenient to Croatia who have committed many more cynical fouls but France has the two yellows.

Secondly the defender made himself bigger and his hands were in an unnatural position so nah em own foolishness be that .... good call by the ref

[oloye]

Again, FIFA needs to tell us fans what constitutes a handball.

Abi,that is the bottom line.

[Vincent.]

It’s funny Wetin kids go teach you sha ... I have always wondered why Griezmann does that weird dance with the L sign but my pikin had to tell me that it’s a dance they do in a popular video game they play on Xbox smh .... man don old be that

You must be 100 years old

[Cellular]

deschamps has a problem.....Mbappe should be playing point, while Dembele should play that flak. Giroud is useless there.

Chief .kpomest
Bring in Dembele and remove Giroud .......Croatia will concede 3 more goals plus 1 red card.

That was how France started the tournament and they stank

I thought that should be obvious.... maybe they did not see France from the beginning

Dean, it's not how you start, IMHO. They are supposed to work their kinks as the tournament progresses. I don't know know what Giroud is doing. If they insist on a big man, they should have taken Benzema. The guy is just donkey-ing up and down

They tried it in two matches it did not work...Dembele was fluffing his lines.

Then maybe not Demebele, but someone else then, but perhaps play Mbappe as striker. Giroud for me is just jumping and galloping.

Giroud is what is creating space for Mbappe.

[maceo4]

Another undeserved yellow to Hernandez by the clown of a ref

this ref is useless. Where did they get him from?

Sadly - we will remember the ref more than the soccer in this match. He is very poor.

Got EVERY call bar the fake freekick for Greiman

What's wrong with you people?

They showed all the hot moments of the game again. Griezman was clearly tripped. If you are DVRing the game like me, please watch that action again.

He was but only after he had pushed the ball too far and had even started falling. To me that was a dive.

[Chief Ogbunigwe]

Again, FIFA needs to tell us fans what constitutes a handball.

you will wait taya. A magician (or an ojoro master) never reveals their secrets.

[anikulapo]

Another undeserved yellow to Hernandez by the clown of a ref

this ref is useless. Where did they get him from?

Sadly - we will remember the ref more than the soccer in this match. He is very poor.

Got EVERY call bar the fake freekick for Greiman

What's wrong with you people?

They showed all the hot moments of the game again. Griezman was clearly tripped. If you are DVRing the game like me, please watch that action again.

[Vincent.]

We got unlucky with 2 dubious calls.

Look, I get there was a handball. But it was absolutely accidental with very little reaction time. Perisic was moving naturally. This is where a referee has to consider context and interpret fairly.

On that 1st goal, Griezmann dove. It is what it is. We just have to dig deep. But France for sure is built to hold a lead like this.

I am supporting Croatia, but I have to say that the penalty was legit. Griezmann dived, though.

[anikulapo]

It’s funny Wetin kids go teach you sha ... I have always wondered why Griezmann does that weird dance with the L sign but my pikin had to tell me that it’s a dance they do in a popular video game they play on Xbox smh .... man don old be that

You must be 100 years old

It’s that Fortnite game abi na Wetin dem dey call am .... na FIFA and call if duty be my own ohh

[gosh]

These *kindpeople* just want to give this game to France

His hand was clearly raised. That's indisputable penalty

And Rojo's hand was in his arse when he touched the ball in the box.

That too was a 300% penalty.

Rojos hand didn’t prevent a goal bound shot, this is a pure pk prevented the CK from going into the goal mouth area.

Haba dis one nah stretch. The only difference is that the ref here chose to give a pk. Both should have been pk's or neither should have been. There is little difference between them .

Exactly. A handball does not have to be goal-bound to be called.
Both cases were unintentional. It should be either both are PKs or both are not Pks.

[AreaDaddy]

Yeye BBC. Why is Musa's goal against Iceland not in the contenders for goal of the tournament?

[Damunk]

Croatia has been the better team so far and do not deserve to be behind.

... I think so too. Unfortunately, sometimes, such means nothing

You cant watch it in slo-mo and reach an accurate decision.
Seems that's what the ref was watching. Slo-mo makes it look deliberate.
In real time, it doesn't.

[Chief Ogbunigwe]

Chief .kpomest
Bring in Dembele and remove Giroud .......Croatia will concede 3 more goals plus 1 red card.

That was how France started the tournament and they stank

I thought that should be obvious.... maybe they did not see France from the beginning

Dean, it's not how you start, IMHO. They are supposed to work their kinks as the tournament progresses. I don't know know what Giroud is doing. If they insist on a big man, they should have taken Benzema. The guy is just donkey-ing up and down

They tried it in two matches it did not work...Dembele was fluffing his lines.

Then maybe not Demebele, but someone else then, but perhaps play Mbappe as striker. Giroud for me is just jumping and galloping.

Giroud is what is creating space for Mbappe.

which space? Mbappe has not seen any space o...in fact, he has been playing deputy vice assistant right back

[balo]

We got unlucky with 2 dubious calls.

Look, I get there was a handball. But it was absolutely accidental with very little reaction time. Perisic was moving naturally. This is where a referee has to consider context and interpret fairly.

On that 1st goal, Griezmann dove. It is what it is. We just have to dig deep. But France for sure is built to hold a lead like this.

The penalty wasn't dubious though. He had to go to VAR.

[mate]

Griezmann was in the air before our defender even got to him. Even the media has it right here.

https://sports.yahoo.com/france-scores- ... 36313.html

Again, it is what it is. Croatia need to find 2 more goals.

[anikulapo]

We got unlucky with 2 dubious calls.

Look, I get there was a handball. But it was absolutely accidental with very little reaction time. Perisic was moving naturally. This is where a referee has to consider context and interpret fairly.

On that 1st goal, Griezmann dove. It is what it is. We just have to dig deep. But France for sure is built to hold a lead like this.

I am supporting Croatia, but I have to say that the penalty was legit. Griezmann dived, though.

No he didn’t ...‘‘twas a clumsy challenge like they are wont to do

[camex]

This one is a penalty but they turned down Nigeria's own against Argentina...bloody thieves

Ours was even clearer!

I was thinking about it too

[metalalloy]

These *kindpeople* just want to give this game to France

His hand was clearly raised. That's indisputable penalty

And Rojo's hand was in his arse when he touched the ball in the box.

That too was a 300% penalty.

Rojos hand didn’t prevent a goal bound shot, this is a pure pk prevented the CK from going into the goal mouth area.

Haba dis one nah stretch. The only difference is that the ref here chose to give a pk. Both should have been pk's or neither should have been. There is little difference between them .

There’s a ton of difference, Rojo headed the ball out and it hit his hand, Perisic moved his hand from high position to low position to block a CK that was going into the danger area, I’m wondering what the similarities are aside from the ball hitting their hands?

Neither of their hands were in a "natural position"

[Cellular]

deschamps has a problem.....Mbappe should be playing point, while Dembele should play that flak. Giroud is useless there.

Chief .kpomest
Bring in Dembele and remove Giroud .......Croatia will concede 3 more goals plus 1 red card.

That was how France started the tournament and they stank

I thought that should be obvious.... maybe they did not see France from the beginning

Dean, it's not how you start, IMHO. They are supposed to work their kinks as the tournament progresses. I don't know know what Giroud is doing. If they insist on a big man, they should have taken Benzema. The guy is just donkey-ing up and down

Abeg, no bring your Arsenal bias enter thread.

Why you Arsealist dey carry una baggage enter every game thread?

[anikulapo]

Another unnecessary hack by the Croats