I foolishly forgot to give credits to Argentina's keeper, Emiliano Martinez, and his godlike performance. Literally, in the LAST POSSIBLE SECONDS of the game, France got a golden opportunity to score, to make it 4-3 and pretty much win the game. But by sheer determination, athleticism, intelligence, and "luck", Martinez was able to save a POINT-BLANK shot by France's Kolo Muani to force the game into penalties, which saw them triumphantly win and lift the World Cup trophy.

You forget that at the 120+ minutes France got the chance to score the 4th goal, that could've ended the match there, but the GK for Argentina defended it, sending it to penalties...

Messi’s international career also resembles an anime scenario. From losing everything and retiring early with despair to winning everything possible.

“The story of a team playing for one man, and one man playing for his entire team” gave me goosebumps

Cool fact: The argentinian defender that conceded the second penalty, Gonzalo Montiel, was also the last player to kick in the penalty shootout, as if he seeked for redemption. Truly beautiful.

Mad respect to Mbappe - really felt like the final boss in a phenomenal anime arc fr

You got to remember how much Messi has suffered in the past decade to understand the weight of this World Cup title. He lost a World Cup Final in 2014 to Germany in extra time, lost two consecutive Copa America Finals to Chile, a 2018 World Cup campaign that ended in the round of 16, Diego Maradona died prematurely and Messi was forced to leave Barcelona due to financial issues. This was a redemption story for a guy who had to play through an 8-2 defeat and blowing a 3-0 lead TWICE in the Champions League.

4 finals lost, 1 crucial penalty missed, retirement, then coming back to win the Copa America, Finalissima and now WORLD CUP. Perseverance, sweat, blood, tears. Greatest comeback story ever tbh. Messi is like an anime protagonist lol. He was planning to retire after winning it but he changed his mind to continue to play as a champion. He had this incredible pressure every time he ever plays for argentina. Now for the first time he'll be able to enjoy playing for his country without feeling the pressure. Im so happy for him.

You should've emphasized more on Argentina and Messi's fairytale ending as it's sooo rare for reality to actually deliver on the story lines like an anime but it did.

We never forget Japan suddenly turning Anime god mode for half an hour. Or when Ghana purposely subs on defenders when they're 2-0 down to make sure that Uruguay gets eliminated. Or when Morocco shocks us all and becomes an anime story of its own. Or when the WC final becomes a batte of the M10s. My first ever wc experience, and it surely didn't dissapoints.

As a football an anime fan, this is my favourite video ever, thanks karu xx

I think you forgot to mention what by far was the most anime plot moment that there was: In his match against Croatia, Julian Alvarez, playing for the first time in a world cup, scored a fantastic solo goal and a second one masterfully assisted by his childhood idol, Messi. He was 12 when he was playing and said his biggest idol was Messi. Little did he know back then not only that he would be playing alongside his hero, would be assisted by him, celebrate together, and finally, win the world cup with him. The story of a kid's wildest childhood dreams come true.

Another for the anime ending, Montiel, the last penalty shooter for Argentina. Montiel was very poor as a kid and used to play penalties for money growing up. River fans knew this because he became their main PK shooter after a bad streak all others had in the team, so when they saw him walking to make the last penalty they knew they were Champions, as Montiel has a 100% accuracy record since his debut. It was poetic to see the kid that used to do penalties for money do the final penalty in the World Cup Final.

Don't forget Saudi Arabia ending Argentina's 36 run unbeaten streak which made Argentina's trophy triumph even more unbelievable.

You forgot to mention how Argentina managed to win the world cup despite losing the first match against Saudi Arabia (after an undeafeted streak of 36 matches btw), something that only Spain could do before. Also, how Messi in his probably 'last dance' had one of the greatest performances in a world cup, winning the only trophy he was missing with the help of his teammates, wich they literally grew up watching him play since they were children. Lastly, how Scaloni, an inexperienced manager, won every international trophy possible in only two years.

One of my favorite moments was when the Netherlands tied it up against Argentina. That shit was insane… literally the last possible chance and they scored

As an Argentinian and anime fan, you have no idea how much of an emotional roller caster this was. I had so many heart attacks during our games. And shii man I mean the other teams were putting a show as well. The best year of my life.

That final was literally a final season of a multi season anime all leading up to Messi winning it had it all the drama the power of friend ship (over just mbappe doing it all) the fact that it was also Argentina’s redemption after losing in 2014 World Cup final made it all the more dramatic and saddening if Messi hadn’t of won

As a Portugal fan I may have been mad the first few minutes after Morocco won but I’m so happy for them their performance was insaneee

Another thing i want to add is the excellence of the Argentinian team. They truly gave everything for their captain, to see him win and rise with the trophey. The majority of them hadn't played for too long in the Argentina team and, for some others, it was their first World Cup too.

Im Argentinean and watched the final on a Park where they streamed the match to thousands of people. People were getting crazy, ive never seen a match so intense in my life

Its even more anime like if you see the journey of Argentina and Messi before and during the World Cup. Winning Copa and Finalisima with an almost brand new team and a new coach, winning every match before the world cup only to lose against the worst team in the group because of too many Offside goal cancel and a blatant false call from VAR putting them in a death match type situation where any lose moving forward is elimination. The fight with Netherlands, absolutely demolishing Croatia who beat them with similar score in the last world cup and facing the strongest team who also knocked them out in the previous world cup. This world cup was absolutely phenomenal

I wish you would have made this video longer. I thoroughly enjoyed it, providing more insight on Ghana and Suarez’s beef, Messi vs Argentinians and him becoming fierce outside the match for the first time. Also Portugal’s loss and Ronaldo’s performance/reaction, Argentina-Netherland’s beef, Luka Modric’s goodbye and cheers for Messi, Mexico’s disappointment, the heartbreak of Morocco, Japan and Korea apologizing to their fans, etc. This world cup was just amazing, it delivered so good.

Mbappe was godly in the finals, but fate had to come in way in the end. Great video and storytelling, loved it!

Argentina ark is literally an anime script started many years ago argentina had been for more than 30 years without winning any titles, they've lost many finals, in his whole career messi came to so many finals 2014 was a wc final lost, but 2018 was the lowest point, when an unorganized team got to the wc for argentina, one of the worst the massive failure got us into the introduction of one of the key characters: Lionel Scaloni Lionel Scaloni was literally criticized by everyone in argentina, saying he wasnt fit to be a DT, but he reorganized the entire team getting new talent and finding players with almost no name at the time like Dibu Martinez and it eventually paid off, with the "Scaloneta" (a name given to Scaloni's team) getting finally the first title for argentina in more than 30 years, the Copa America 2021 playing finals against argentina's most fierce rivalry, Brasil in the Maracana. that was huge, and Scaloni just started to stomp over everyone, Argentina got into a 36 games streak without losing, and the world cup came, everyone thought it was argentinas turn to win but then... argentina lost to the literal worst team in the entire wc, Saudi Arabia, many people lost their hope, but Scaloni took a gamble and it paid off, he changed the team, putting many players from the bench as titular, mostly youngsters like Mac Allister and Enzo, that ended up being key players at the wc it did seem like argentina was on the brink of losing, the match against mexico was the lowest point, the first half was bad, but in the second we got the win Polonia was a breeze of fresh air and Australia too, it almost seemed like argentina was starting to get everything right, and then came Netherlands, a match so intense, with an equalizer literally at the last minute of overtime, that almost had argentina losing... but argentina got through with a big its goalkeeper and got to croacia, a match that was won easily the final was already talked, but this wc set the stage for a new generation of argentine players, and the end of the career of some legends like Messi and Di Maria

as a moroccan and an anime fan this made me cry, thank you I LOVE MY COUNTRY DIMA MAGHERIB !!

really surprised you didn't talk more about Emiliano Martinez. Guy's story is as anime as they come tbh. Also just an all around lad and shithouser I love him.

A part 2 will be amazing! Croatia vs Brazil, Netherlands vs Argentina, And the 3-3 thriller between Serbia and Cameroon

As a Moroccan, this made me so emotional, thank you so much for doing this. It's probably not your usual content and it might have been hard to get this out. The world cup did feel like a fantasy, it still doesn't feel real, it was more anime than any other anime I've seen haha. Again, thank you so much ❤️

As a Moroccan and an anime fan . This is nuts😂 best WC ever . And we are still going we just defeated Brazil in a friendly match 😊

Lets talk about the 6 minutes where not only Japan classifying first, but laso Costa Rica being 2nd and eliminating the two biggest threats, that day, except from japan being 1ft, those 6 minutes where the most talked thing, this world cup was incredible, so many surprises, and also, MUCHAAAACHOOOOS

new info for me that the two japanese players who assited and the other scored were CHILDHOOD FREINDS and in the SAME SCHOOL!!!? it even got MORE ANIMED.

as a korean, i usually see less attention on our journey through this world cup despising us getting destroyed in the r16. Glad you mentioned how dramatic the group was after korea won against portugal. Good video 👍

I remember watching the Portugal vs Korea and Ghana vs Uruguay in airport restaurant seeing Korea’s goal and the game end was immense, but even more so was watching Ghana vs Uruguay which had a slight delay, looking at the other TV and seeing the entire squad on the field together waiting for the G v U game to end as Uruguay piled on more pressure for 15 minutes after the P v K game ended for one more goal, it was incredible the way that matchday ended

11:50 I can't believe that you skipped the save of Emi Martinez that made the match go into penalties. But good video.

plus messi having so many failures previously with national team makes for an insane build up literally the most anime thing ever

As a haitian-african, morrocco made history and I love it. Morocco finally showed Africa some justice. Thank you morroco❤

The final was one of the greatest storylines you can have. Messi, the old king, vs Mbappe the challenger to the throne. It was a perfect generational matchup.

Argentinian here, I was lucky enough to watch the Japan's 1,8mm kick and I just stood up in disbelief. I also remember watching the last group phase match of Korea while having lunch with my family, it was pure tension and we celebrated Korea getting to the next phase like an Argentinian victory. And finally when Morocco was losing against France they were still fighting like warriors, I remember I was about to go out and a Moroccan player tried a beautiful chilena kick, that day I was talking to everyone about that kick. What a great world cup.

Isn't mitoma the guy who has somewhat of a degree in dribbling 😂

I am Italian and the day Morocco beat Portugal the streets in my city were filled with people celebrating and the cars couldn’t even pass by. It was such a sweet moment where the various minorities that always get discriminated here got a chance to celebrate and i’m so happy they got that moment

9:21 "a team playing for ONE MAN and one man playing for the whole team" literally gave me goosebumps 🥶🥶🥵🥵😬😬so true man soooo true

As an anime fan and a Moroccan, I will hold this video as a precious treasure in my heart.

bro forgot the greatest save by emi martinez at 123

as a moroccan anime loving football fan this Video starting off with the explenation of morocco´s Unbelievable dream of reaching ATLEAST THE SEMIS Brought tears in my eyes, and i couldnt agree with u more on the fact morocco´s run, was only to be dreamt on by an Anime. thank you for making this video

Childhood friends from same neighborhood become a world cup hero for an underdog team - was the most anime thing ever!

are we not gonna talk about that unbelievable pass from messi during the Netherlands game and his dribbling in the third goal against Croatia

As a Moroccan. Watching the WC this year was the most insane thing that happned in morocco in a long time. Proud 🇲🇦

you forgot arguably the greatest save on the history of football by Emi Martines on minute 123 of the match

Once again, this World Cup was the greatest of all time! We had our exams and we were ready to fail just for the sake of watching every single match.

duude i loved all of the video ! thank you for taking the time to make and recap the WC of last year ! it's true the whole experience was just waw, i still smile just by remembering it, the whole month everyone was just so happy and would say hi and hug you for the smallest reasons. As a Moroccan, the crazy story started even before the WC, some players weren't comfortable with the coach (considering they left their official teams to play with their country and i think most will agree the one who probably suffered the most from this was ziyech who got a lot of backlash and anger ) but just a few months before the WC, the old coach was paid and kicked from the team and "Regragui" or as we call him "ras l'avocat ("avocado head" because of his baldness) came in, he set a better atmosphere, the players preffered him, reguragui brought new values to the sport and brought the team together like a family. The word cup started, at first not all moroccans watched the game (as they say they don't want to get false hope, watch and get mad) but personally with some friends we bought the moroccan team jersey and decided to watch and cheer on the team even it's just the first matches, the match was broadcasted in our university and hey we won, we were so fricking happy, then the wins started to roll and we went crazier by the match every time we celebrated, we run in the streets holding the flag, people go out with their cars with the flags, songs and everything, locals do their folk dances, people use small fireworks, the king went out in his car too !!! and every time there were more watchers, with time as the team progressed, you realize people from Africa and the Arab world is supporting you and celebrating with you. And then there were the players ! ooh they were dedicated to their matches and then from time to time we would get glimpses of their happy moments behind the scenes or during interviews and it was just such feel good moments, all of them were killing it, hakimi, ziyech, aguerd, boufel, nesyri, bono making goalkeeping look easy, amrabt that beast bro left the hospital during treatment to get back to the game and all the other team members did a good job, then came the Morocco Vs France with the two friends playing against one another (Hakimi and Mbappe) and France won, but honestly they were good ! and later on both parties put on a good match during the next game, well ! you already made a great summary of the next match (argentina Vs France). I hope we can get better and play again ! Finally, in the last chapter of this world cup, the players came back and were welcomed like heroes ! The whole team, coach and staff were fabulous, they made us dream ! and we're thankful ! And thank you for the video i enjoyed it !

The messi thing was like an anime, because his dream had always been to win the world cup with his team. In the past he was close to getting it but he didn't get it by being very close. At that time, Argentina depended on Messi, on his individual performances and he didn't get it. Then in his own country they unfairly criticized him and Di Maria, and that affected his family but they still went ahead and now an Argentina that did not depend on individualities, but on the whole team was the one that triumphed and won the cup of the world, because Argentina worked as a team from the beginning of the new stage

The way he explains just gives me goosebumps and brings all those memories back !

You definitely missed the most accurate anime scene from the final 🙂 Dibu's saves against Kolo Muani 💁‍♂️ The guy (Kolo Muani) still get nightmares from it

amazing video, im an argentinean and this world cup was crazy. as much as wee suffered the final, in my experience, argentina vs the netherlands was way harder to live through. fantastic.

The Brazil-Croatia game was incredible too

In my opinion the finals was the most epic match I might've ever watched

I'm really passionate about football and this cup was an overdose of incredible games and sensational stories, too bad my Brazil didn't go beyond Croatia.

Argentina vs France: a team playing for one man vs one man playing for his team. Perfect summary of the players' mindset in that match.

" In a story, in which the team played for 1 man,and 1 man played for the team" Beautifully placed

What makes the korean story better is that in last world cup they were in a similar situation, not only they had to win against germany, but also some external factors had to be fulfilled. They won against germany but they didnt pass to the next stage

9:20 I got goosebumps from this sentence

You also forgot to mention that the coach of the Moroccan team joined 3 months before the worldcup and that's the time he had to put together a team and prepare 😄 And they still managed to reach these results! Perfect anime script haha

4:35 man this scene is literally Reo's shot in the 23rd ep of blue lock and how Ego described "at the right place at the right time" fits so perfectly here as well. Its legit straight out of that episode of blue lock😭

Mbappe's determents made me stand up and gave me that motivational boost

Men balls

Excellent video! Loved every second of it. Well done!

Literally just reliving these moments through your video brings chills to my spine😭❣️. Thank God i watched it all live

The world cup final was legendary,Especially Emiliano Martinez

Before the world cup 2022, I and most people didn't aware about Morroco. We thought Morroco was getting grouped. But after I watched their matches, I am truly satisfied by their amazing technique and teamwork. They beat Spain and Portugal to the semi finals and made history. The Morrocans along with their great sportsmanship will truly be in my heart. THANK YOU MORROCO🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦

MAN you gave me goosebumps with your speech, I don't even watch football except last two World Cups

This is crazy good , I watched the whole thing but you stated it very detailed that I found out abt some facts i didn't pay attention to

This world cup gonna be in my mind forever

The Netherlands vs Argentina match was insane

Man this should go viral !! I absolutely love it ❤

Best world cup ever in my opinion, almost every match brings a chill down my spine, especially the finals.

I felt like in the finals, Mbappe didn't lose, France did.

We need an anime champions league edition. 10/10 video🔥🔥

wonderful video!! I enjoyed it alot ! Also I was in awe with your BGMs! Pokémon Dungeon has one of the greatest music

Yesterday I played as a striker for my team’s club for the first time and your video “creating blue lock’s perfect team” unironically helped me understand what to do as a striker when you explained what isagi was supposed to do. Just wanted to thank you for that😂

I was waiting for Argentina-Netherlands and Kolo Muani's miss at 120 :(

That final game was the craziest final

possibly the best thing I saw on internet today🙇🙇that was a hell of narration.

Man, Ghana vs Korea was so intense. The Argentinian commentators were kinda messing around at first and joking about how half of the Korean team were called Kim, but then shit got serious and the tone of the commentary shifted. I remember thinking how high level international football is right now

I loved this video, as a football and anime fan, this is so good

Opened KZfaq and this came up as the first suggested video, THANK YOU GODS OF KZfaq!!! This is now my most favourute highlight of the world cup!

this a really great video, I was astonished to know about the two Japanese teammates who are also long time friends that went to the same school, this screams anime to me!

Great vid... I guess that if you look at the final from argentina's perspective its even more epic and anime like since they had to win 3 times as a team to be world champs. Whats more, the whole argentinian run it's an anime if u think about it. Lost the 1st match and all groups games ended up being death matches despite the good results. Then, the australians almost surprised the in the last minute... After that, the thrilling Netherlands stunt them with a 100' minute tactical goal, taking a 2-0 game to ET and PKs (a sign of what would come, great foreshadowing by the author). Finally, revenge against Croatias 3-0 in Russia 2018. And the final game against France, Messi's chance to finally win the WC after Brazils 2014 final against Germany with Diego Maradona watching him from the stars...

You missed the most important thing in the whole WC. Messi, after losing 4 WC, even a WC final in 2014. The player who is for many people around the world, the best player who has ever existed in the history of this sport, was competing in his last chance to win the WC and set the debate once and for all. A man who was heavily criticized in his country for never winning a trophy for Argentina. Now is seen as a messiah. If you're talking about anime, Messi has the best anime redemption arc in sports history.

what a good video, i couldnt skip at all lmao.. watched the full video.. keep up the good work man!

Richarlison anime-esque goals, both the absurd one against switzerland and the one he bounced on his head a few times then shot against korea were insane

Senpai is back ❤ blessing us with BlueLock content!!!

Loved the video! A bit sad that the argentinian road to the finals wasnt covered, the saudi arabian prophecy (manager saying Argentina would win the WC despite winning against them), the suffering of Argentina having to play every single game after that first group match like it was a straight elimination + the pain that was Australia and The Netherlands (which should have a whole section of their own, with the story from 2014 being repeated). Just thought there was a lot more to cover

One of the best videos I have ever watched,10/10 no 100/100 amazing, I want to see more of this, man I wish there were people like you, this video deserves a sub, absalut masterpiece 👍👏

I need like at least a 4 hour documentary on all events during 2022 World Cup bc it’s just beautiful how everyone came together

10:28 literally the same goal as Isagi against Team V

I honestly think this WC was the greatest ever all those stories and twists in one month 🇲🇦🇲🇦

Omo... This was a beautiful video. Wonderful story telling Karu...

Being argentinian living in Canada, i had to wake up at 6AM in order to Watch the game at a breakfast pub/restaurant in winter, litteraly one week before my birthday. This is for sure the best football game ive ever seen, emotions, goals, penalties, tackles… this game had it all! From 2014 to this day i used to think about the sadness i felt when argentina lost against germany… I felt like this Time it would be different and damn i was right, what a game it was… all argentinians from my city went to celebrate in Downtown, Montréal aaallll day long. Truly one of the best days of my life

Def a W video, please do more of these types!