My Team of the Tournament and a few thoughts on the World Cup:
1โฃ Scaloni made big mistakes. He sacrificed the team's development to keep his barbecue buddies happy, and finally the magic ran out.
2โฃ The 48-team expansion worked. Every team brought something to the tournament. But a format where you play 70 matches just to eliminate 16 teams is terrible. At that point, you might as well expand it to 64.
3โฃ Spain were magnificent. Collectively, they might just be the greatest World Cup winners ever.
4โฃ Rodri fully deserved POTT. Messi would've been a worthy winner too, but it felt like FIFA want to avoid another round of "FIFAboy" discourse.
5โฃ Norway weren't the dark horsesโeveryone expected them to be good. The real dark horses were Cape Verde.
6โฃ A beautiful World Cup. It's just a shame it ended with such an ugly final.