‘Only the players and staff who worked their asses off to become champions have that right’ Lisandro Martinez and Angel Di Maria had every right to be asking how on earth this lad made it into the hub of their celebrations. Salt Bae – who people have only just stopped rinsing for the way Lionel […]

3 years ago

The knock-out stages sorted the cream from the milk. The 2022 World Cup is in the history books and Argentina have taken the big prize back to Buenos Aires. As much as many of us disdained the notion of hosting the tournament – a blatant cash-grab – in a country with an appalling human rights […]

3 years ago

De Paul had some words for Messi before the World Cup Rodrigo de Paul left a note for Lionel Messi in his room, two months before the start of the World Cup, in which he predicted the future. Argentina were crowned World Cup champions on Sunday, for the first time since 1986, and ended Messi’s […]

3 years ago

Keane still brooding over this one, two weeks on. Such is the loveable moodiness of Roy Keane that few of us were surprised when he equated Argentina winning an epic World Cup Final to his night’s sleep getting affected. The former Manchester United and Ireland captain joked, as ITV wrapped their tournament coverage, that he […]

3 years ago

England didn’t leave the Qatar World Cup empty-handed, they left it with the FIFA Fair Play award. The Three Lions were the tournament’s most disciplined team, having picked up just one booking in their five games but, whatever way you look at it, it’s fair to say that it’s not the award they were looking […]

3 years ago

“A great ending for a great player. Brilliant.” Roy Keane summed it up well as the ITV panel reflected on a wild and wonderful World Cup, capped off by a bonkers, exhilarating final. Their World Cup XI tells a story, too. Argentina ended a long stretch of European dominance by defeating France 4-2 in a […]

3 years ago