Day 17: France-Argentina, Uruguay-Portugal.

If a lot of these players retire, is there a chance Icardi might get in. Aguero pulls one back.

Yes Icardi will be in with Messi and Higuain retiring so no more bad blood.

Icardi with Dybala as number 10 will be alright I think. Argentina need to find some cool header defenders though if they want to challenge for titles in the rebuild.
 
Messi can shove Aguero’s goal up his *** now.
He is the one to blame totay for Argentina knockout
 
Brilliant game, good effort by both teams.

Pogba very good. Mbappe excellent.
 
What a match. That's World Cup for you.

The other tonight won't be that good though.
 
Unbelievable by Mbappe. Absolutely ridiculous by various posters saying, "Messi did nothing". There's nothing, or no one who can carry that Argentina team, or pull a proverbial rabbit out of a hat. That aside, Mbappe proving to be exactly what many suspected he already was. A star.
 
Drogba rightly giving Pogba his due, who was marvellous in midfield. Shame some of the anti-Pogba crowd can't recognise his good performances.

Star of the show Mbappe though. He's going to be phenomenal.
 
Unbelievable pass. Two assists and people are blaming Messi for this disgrace of a team going out. Sums it up, really.

That should've been two reds btw
1 assist. Mercado was a deflected shot and not an assist. Let’s not start stat padding.
 
They'll make the semis. Uruguay/Portugal won't have enough for this lot.

I think their manager I'd bang average but the quality of their players will carry them to minimum semi finals no probably semis.
Uruguay don't have the greatest players but they are master gamesmen. Tabarez is a willy old veteran too.

Can actually defend unlike Argentina with arguably the best pure defender in world football in Godin for me.Jiminez isn't bad either. France got beaten by Portugal at the Euros too.

This France side have great players but are worse than the sum of their parts.