World Cup Final - Argentina vs France

[Captain Ron 13137]

30 to 40 years behind when? Because we certainly aren't 30-40 years behind them now. That would mean we are on the cusp of winning our first WC.

France has been cranking out talent for decades. We aren't even close to doing that yet. We are just now starting to turn on the talent spigot.

[Surly Bevo 25805]

So we just need the Julia Childs of soccer to show up and we good?

[Macklemore 2947]

8 hours ago, Napoleon said:

Some sights of Buenos Aires…

Large artist drawing a chalk portrait of Messi on the pedestrian section of Avenida Corrientes (El Obelisco is in the distance of the second photo.)

 

Festive decorations in the Carrefour Express as the slightly plump girl in front of me waits to buy a bag of frozen French fries in her fake Messi jersey.

 

And ad for something with members of the team.

 

A much more interesting ad on the street for something… probably female skin.

 

One of many famous Generals on horseback. (This one happens to be Gen Alvear, whose son was the first mayor of what is now known as Buenos Aires and whose grandson was a president.)

 

The church next to the famous Recoleta Cemetery.

 

And what I got for changing US$200 with my buddy’s friend who works for the National Congress. (When I arrived in 2007, the official exchange rate was US$1 to AR$3.1. When I left I late 2014 it was US$1 to about AR$9, but the street rate was about AR$15.)

Yesterday the official rate was about US$1 to AR$172, but we got US$1 to AR$318.

in 2007 I would have changed my US$200 for AR$620. Yesterday I got…

😳 AR$63,600 😳

My Argentine buddy hasn’t been back since 2019 (he’s married to an American and lives in the U.S.) and he couldn’t believe how ridiculous it was either. 

It’s maddening that Argentina is such an economic basket case and they suffer ridiculous currency devaluations like that regularly. They don’t have cartels and gangs like in Mexico and Central America strangling legitimate businesses (even with that the MX peso has not depreciated like the Argentine currency). You don’t expect a country with its background and composition to be a mess economy.

[GopherRock 1778]

 

[kingkoopa6 8754]

I’m up!

[Hefeweizen 5493]

I’m ready.

 

In case anyone  was wondering, fuck Argentina.

Edited December 18, 2022 by Hefeweizen
Fuck Tom Herman who is probably Argentine.

[sidis 10020]

Allez Les Bleus! Un de plus, faisons ceci!

[Kringelbert Fishtybuns 947]

About to piss off the kids and flip it to Telemundo

I just can’t take Alexi or John Strong anymore.  May they get left in Qatar.

[sidis 10020]

Lineups are out and it looks like the standard starting xi for France. I guess the Giroud injury News was overblown. No Benzema on the bench. 

Edited December 18, 2022 by sidis

[Macklemore 2947]

Let’s go Argentina! Let’s go Messi! Bring the 3rd Jules Rimet trophy back home!

[Loch Ness Monster 3533]

Fuck Argentina

Let's go France!

[Kringelbert Fishtybuns 947]

DiMaria in seems like a mistake - but maybe Scaloni wants someone who he knows can finish at the biggest stage.

Either way - somebody gets a third star and a Jules Rimet copy to keep.

[kingkoopa6 8754]

Yea why di Maria starting? Has he played this tourney ? 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8987]

My white noise machine sounded more in sync than that Argentinian national anthem

[Horn80 6362]

Go France

[Kringelbert Fishtybuns 947]

La Marseilles may be the best anthem out there.  

[Cheeseweasel 26443]

Fuck the cheese eating surrender monkeys. Let’s go Messi. 

[kingkoopa6 8754]

Was that Messi’s wife ?

[WBT 21040]

Vamos vamos Argentina

[Doc Sam Beckett 5911]

2 to 1 odds an Argentine player starts the game already rolling around on the ground clutching his shin

[Horn80 6362]

Just now, Cheeseweasel said:

Fuck the cheese eating surrender monkeys. Let’s go Messi. 

France did give the Statue of Liberty to America.  Go France!

[TexArcher 39080]

Really want to see Messi get it done today.

[ztejas 44299]

Di Maria start is interesting. Wonder how much run he gets. 

[Kringelbert Fishtybuns 947]

Upacanoe doesn’t need to throw the elbow there or even jump for that matter.

Both teams feeling out the ref and some nervy passes.

[kingkoopa6 8754]

2 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Di Maria start is interesting. Wonder how much run he gets. 

when he got Messis ball and crossed it. I was like oh yea that’s why he in 

[Kringelbert Fishtybuns 947]

Fernandez looking mighty shaky early.

[WBT 21040]

Wow, kind of dangerous from Varane.  That could have easily gone wrong for an OG.

[ztejas 44299]

France better step it up before they get their ass kicked. 

[WBT 21040]

Always a double standard in the box where outfield players go at it with no call but breathing on the keeper gets the whistle.

Wind knocked out of him?

Edited December 18, 2022 by WBT

[Surly Bevo 25805]

They're trying to pick Lloris up and he aint' having it.

[Cheeseweasel 26443]

Blame your teammate for shoving him into you

[kingkoopa6 8754]

Lol spurs on spurs crime 

[WBT 21040]

Great job by Molina there

[Macklemore 2947]

DiMaria has been very good so far

[Kringelbert Fishtybuns 947]

Argentina seem to be handling Mbappe better when they don’t have a 34 yo Mascherano chasing him.

[WBT 21040]

di Maria looks good.  I wonder how long he'll be able to last.

[tokamak 6688]

Are the French fucking hungover or something? What the fuck is going on? Might be time to join the game in progress, dudes.

[PittsburghTiger 6391]

That possession % stat they just showed just doesn’t seem like it.

[TexArcher 39080]

Just now, Macklemore said:

DiMaria has been very good so far

Fantastic.

Argentina look the better side in the midfield, too.  If this press keeps working, it's only a matter of time before they get a goal.

[SpiralOut 1965]

Messi had a chance there.

[kingkoopa6 8754]

Knock knock knockin 

[Surly Bevo 25805]

Unless this is soccer rope a dope France looks pretty shaky so far

[sidis 10020]

Every single mother fucking time that fucking dumbshit Hernandez touches the ball it turns into an Argentina chance. Jesus Christ dude, get your head out of your ass. 

[Kringelbert Fishtybuns 947]

Argentina should just continue making the French defenders play the ball out at this point.

[WBT 21040]

I thought Messi was going to bury that off the pullback

[sidis 10020]

Argentina is playing with their hair on fire. I cannot imagine it will be always to keep this up. 

[WBT 21040]

Giroud crowd surfing there

[Macklemore 2947]

Yes DiMaria!!!!

[Kringelbert Fishtybuns 947]

Dembélé doing Dembélé things.

[kingkoopa6 8754]

Pessi time

Dumb move 11