The most talented England squad in a generation reached the furthest they've been since 1966 and left in the 92nd minute to a Messi cross and a Lautaro header.
The journey and the ending are both real.
English football lives in both simultaneously and cannot choose.
π England's golden generation by the numbers β Bellingham 4 goals.
Kane 6 goals, all-time England World Cup record.
Tuchel's tactical substitution in the 83rd minute.
England eliminated in the semifinal.
The artist who wrote music about achieving things is performing at the moment someone achieves the biggest thing in football.
The booking is either accidental poetry or FIFA's most self-aware decision.
π₯ Post Malone is headlining the World Cup final halftime show.
The man who sang "Congratulations" and "Circles" is performing before Messi potentially lifts the World Cup.
Neymar's return arc was: absence, emotional return, group stage, early exit.
The most dramatic comeback in Brazilian football history lasted exactly three knockout weeks and ended in New Jersey.
β‘ ROAST β Neymar came back for Brazil at this World Cup after his long injury absence.
Emotional return. Standing ovation.
Group stage highlights.
Then Norway and Haaland eliminated Brazil in the round of 16.
π§ Rodri vs Mac Allister on Sunday at MetLife is the midfield battle that decides the World Cup.
Both play in central midfield. Both are among the three best in the world at their position.
One will control the game's tempo.
β½ Spain have never faced Argentina in a World Cup final.
The Finalissima β which would have been their first major trophy match β was cancelled.
FIFA cancelled it.
Then put them in the same World Cup final.
The cancelled meeting became a World Cup final.