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ARGENTINA NEVER WAS BEST TEAM AFTER ALL

  Not even the great   LIONEL MESSI   could rescue defending champion Argentina  from defeat in the final of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Sunday. Messi’s tournament magic ended when favored Spain turned a game-long defensive  lockdown into a 1-0 decision that was more one-sided than the final score would  indicate. How one-sided was it? Well, depending on which  official  source you care to believe, Spain held the  heretofore South American juggernaut anywhere from two shots on goal – all in the  second of two 15-minute overtime periods – to none. That is correct NONE as in  zero, zilch, nada, hard as it is to believe ... BELIEVE IT … while  UNAI SIMON , in  goal for Spain, was pitching his seventh shutout in eight games, allowing only one  goal (to Belgium in the quarterfinals).  Had it not been for  EMELIANO MARTINEZ , there would have been no need for  extra time. Playing with a broken ring finger on his ...
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MESSI WAS GREAT, AS ALWAYS, BUT ...

  Grabbing a Big Bag of Stuff from FIFA World Cup … Enough already … with all the analytical nonsense about “the majesty of [Argentina’s] semifinal win over a  more talented English roster.” There were two primary reasons why the defending  champions came from behind (again) to win 2-1 and reach  Sunday’s showdown with favored (?) Spain. In order of importance … from bottom to top ,,, we’ll start  with … GASP! … the G.O.A.T,  LIONEL MESSI  who  cannot get enough praise … for he, unquestionably, earned  every bit of it … if for no other reason than taking over the  game at the end. (More on that in a moment.) But … without some brain-dead strategy by  THOMAS  TUCHEL , it says here, it’s doubtful even Messi would have  had the opportunity to add to the legend which he did … of  course, he did. Doesn’t he always? “ It’s the way he does it. He feels the moment and takes  advantage of it,”said Fox in-studio commentato...
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USMNT .PICKED WORST TIME TO PLAY WORST GAME;

It was back to reality Monday night for the United States men’s  national soccer team, ousted unceremoniously from the FIFA  2026 World Cup by Belgium 4-1 in the knockout round of 16. To think the Americans could somehow win this showcase  event was proved to be nonsense by a team that, despite never  having lost to them in seven previous meetings (including 5-2  earlier this year), was given little chance by futbol’s  intelligensia. First, they didn’t think Belgium, always among the game’s  elites, had been playing like it. Add to that the growing  euphoria over new coach  MAURICIO POCHETTINO’s  seemingly rejuvenated side, as misplaced as it might have  seemed, left USMNT in an unfamiliar role as favorite, the  people’s choice to advance to Friday's quarterfinal against  European champion Spain. Boy, were they wrong. Other than  MALIK TILLMAN’s  second free-kick goal in as many games, the Americans did  vir...
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