The way Argentina midfield play in the first half especially like they had 3 Kantes . They were everywhere running and closing down

I loved Scaloni's tactics throughout the cup, a very analytic and pragmatic manager that fielded different tactics to exploit the weaknesses of their opponents.

Scaloni's big error was putting in Acuna ... this changed the game; Di Maria was really the man of the match, he made the difference

I think scaloni took too long to make subs and the midfield was exhausted and were overrun. Maybe if he had refreshed that area earlier argentina would've dominated the entire game. The first half performance was one of the best I've seen by argentina.

Very good. But strange how these analysis never mention penalty shootout and the tactics behind it. That, ultimately, decided the QF and also the final. Do people really think it's all about luck? Gonzalo Montiel has shot a lot of penalties for River Plate. Has never missed. Leandro Paredes has now shot 9 penalties. Never missed. Paulo Dybala has shot 27 penalties and scored 23 of them. He's among the top 10 penalty takers in the world (even statistically). Those guys have been under pressure in similar situations many times. And even under extreme pressure they can take REASONABLE penalty kicks. All ARG guys were regular penalty takers. Was it a coincidence that Paredes, Dybala and Montiel were all brought in the end? Nope. The 5th taker was most likely Lautaro, who is ALSO a regular penalty taker. Penalty tally was obviously an important aspect of how this Scaloni's team was originally constructed together. At least it was a thing that was thought out carefully. What France had? They walked young, inexperienced guys to the gallows. In the biggest event in the world. Guys that haven't shot penalties before. You saw it from their face that they were scared shitless. Giroud is a good taker, Griezmann not so good but at least those guys have tons of experience. They were already substituted so it wasn't the fault of the coach. But they didn't have any penalty takers in the pitch left. There was a HUGE advantage for Argentina and on top of that Emiliano Martinez who is a known penalty shootout goalie. Beats me why then PEN shootouts aren't usually analyzed at all, although it was THE deciding factor of the whole tournament. PS: Here's a link of Montiel scoring penalties for River. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y8-kotmo1d7Rhqc.html

Scaloni was excellent throughout the tournament, especially with the decision to start Di Maria (on the left as well) and take an aggressive approach from the beginning of the match vs. France. But I thought Di Maria was subbed off a bit too early, and really wasn't sure why he brought Acuna in when Tagliafico was already on? A 5-3-2 with 15-20 minutes to go with Lisandro Martinez as the additional CB would have seen the match out, or a 4-4-2 with Paredes solidifying the midfield would have worked as well. Overall, really enjoyed watching the flexibility of Scaloni's systems throughout the tournament in response to the different type of oppositions. I did think it became a bit chaotic after substitutions or maybe the pressure got to Argentina toward the end of matches (especially vs. Australia, Netherlands and France). Anyway, congratulations to Scaloni and Argentina for being crowned world champions, and of course, Lionel Messi for cementing himself as the greatest of all time!

Di Maria substitution was very risky.....

Having an exceptional player like Lionel Messi makes all tactics against him difficult to implement History is fair to Messi

Mbappe has a fantastic calm inside and around the box. He takes his time, doesn't panic, and takes the right shot. Amazing. In some ways reminds me of a young Messi. Though Mbappe is quicker IMO. Honestly was one of the best WC finals I have personally watched. I was up on my feet in amazement for most of the second half!

Was rooting for France, Argentina and Messi desserved their win. But man, every time we cameback it was HYPE AF

I never imagined that football tactics can be so interesting especially if explained this way! Thank you

This WC is one of the fking best

The kounde-dembele duo was the worst idea by deshamps. Dembele as a half wing-back, and kounde playing more central has created them the first two goals

Great Explanation!! Keep it up!!!!

Great analysis

Great content

Wow excellent analysis 😇😉🇮🇹🇪🇨🇩🇪

Mbappe once said South American football is outdated compared to European football. I’m glad that Argentina taught him a lesson!

Best 1 month of my football life

For me the best tactic at this world cup is the moroccan tactic

Che partitona! 💥

I stopped watching post game coverage by espn fox etc. a long time ago. waste of time. YT channels like yours give us a no nonsense full analysis. TY!

Please Make An Analysis on 3-2-3-2 🙏

no way good ole Ota was keeping on pace with the french forwards at minute 80. Lisandro Martinez (on mbape) in place of a very tired DePaul was needed IMHO, and maybe Dybala (if Gomez was injured) in place of DiMaría

I'm really interested to see how France's tactics and football will change/remain the same after this display, and after Benzema retiring and Giroud being rather old. This French team is undoubtedly a favourite to win the next tournaments.

I believe that Argentina won this final mainly because of the astonishing skills of its goalkeeper. He was the man of the match. The one on which the whole Argentina success was built on. Because if he wasn't that good, the game wouldn't have been taken to the penalties and Mbappe and his team mates would have brought the trophy back to France. Another point is the tactical ability of the Argentina's forwards. It was very easy for them to overwhelm the bleus defense, but individual skills of the defenders were enough to abort most of the dangerous opportunities they created. Nonetheless it was one of the key weaknesses of France in this final. Overall it was a very entertaining and intense final indeed, everybody fought like lions till the last minutes.

Imo I felt like France was going to loose when the penalty shootout began because it wasn’t their first shootout in the World Cup. The players has felt that pressure before unlike France’s young talented players

The diamond tatic is not dead

For a short while, I thought Deschamps had done it with is smart tactical changes and substitutions! As a sidenote, Kolo Muani is his last name, Randal being his first name.

that "handball" that handed mbappe his 2nd penalty was bullshit. It was incidental. there was no way to avoid how the ball hit the argentina defender. poetic justice that this player is the one who scored the final penalty to win it for argentina.

Personally I think it’s the second greatest final after 66

They should have turned to attacking earnly on

muchaaaaaaachoooooos

Acuña = Acunya, not „Acuna“, Angel di Maria = Anchel, not „Angle“.

What did I learn from this cup? Progressive Positional Play football is pretty much dead and that every single top attacking team absolutely suck at penalities.

Mbappe is truly good because he scored 2 goals in the pen

Second viewer

The match would have been over in regular time had it not been for that French sub ready to fall down with barely any contact in penalty area. He wasn’t kicked or clipped and being bigger guy it’s a shame he fell down many times and finally got yellow

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Not the greatest final ever. Possibly the greatest game ever.

"The midfield already changed the style!!! Because now the 4-3-1-2 is out. The double pivot is out. Brazil plays with Cassemiro? Is out. Spain plays with Carrosas in the midfield? IS OUT! Vertigo won! Football CHANGED! THE THREE ARGENTINIAN WINGS... FLY!!! THEY FLY!!! IT'S ANOTHER KIND OF FOOTBALL PRESIDENT! It changed because the pivot... What pivot? What pivot??? Here ar... Tarantellas! Cassemiro and everyo... OUT! Argentina played with three kids THAT FLY and generated something DIFFERENT! Even if it had lost, it would have changed football... And that's what we... What I have to analize. I saw Deschamp and... Deschamp saw it "spiky"... Spiky. They ate the game witj THREE WINGS he didn't expected! BECAUSE WHEN MBAPPE, THE BUFFOON, TELL US THE ARGENTINIAN FOOTBALL IS OBSOLETE AND SLOW!!! They picked up the phone and called Ferrari and said "Enzo... Send us three F1 red". They sent them three red ones. And Eccleston... Because of course, they had to call Eccleston since this kid McAllister plays for Brighton... And then they did like... "Zzzppp zzzpp zzppp zzpppp"... Listen... Tchaumeni... Stiffed... Uhmm... Griezman... Goodbye. And Rabiot... Goodbye! What are you telling me? That's where the game was at! And Messi that lectured the 8's line. Messi played alone. He's still alone, he picked up the Cup, the cape and he runs alone, and Deschamp, this dude who punches the table... He didn't saw him! Deschamp YOU DIDN'T SAW HIM COMING!" - Lucio -

Just it’s not the most entertaining final that’s a fact.

I was rooting for the netherlands and was a casual french enjoyer. I got dicked down twice by the same team 🤮

FRENKIE DE JONG ENZO FERNANDEZ PEDRI

How on earth do you have a channel named Meta and not know what the word means? It's not an acronym and never was

The only tactic is give the penalty to Pessi

I love that people think mbappe played amazing because he scored four goals, three of which were pens 😂

A hat trick should be redefined to exclude penalty kicks.

bruh france lterally shouldve gotten two penalties at one point in the game they wouldve won if it werent for the ref

Mbappe was the real winner, Mbappe is better than Messi

Its easier when Fifa is on your side, refs let alot of calls go in favor of Argentina . Never forget this cup was rigged.

The hell are you talking about it was a *FiXeD MaTcH* You know who