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France 22 almost beat Argentina 22. No way Arg 22 are beating that Zizou lead Fra 98 side. About Individual performance no one can argue about El Diego.

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4 days ago

I've spent far too much time thinking about this: every great World Cup team in history enters a knockout tournament at its peak. Brazil 1970. Spain 2010. Argentina 2022. Germany 2014. Hungary 1954. Italy 2006. I have considered performance, quality, balance, depth, goals scored, goals conceded, tactical sophistication and game-changing players. And these are the last stages of this made up Word Cup Quarter-finals 🇧🇷 Brazil 1970 beat 🇮🇹 Italy 2006 The greatest attack ever assembled against one of the greatest defensive champions ever assembled. Cannavaro's Italy would make life miserable, but eventually Pelé, Jairzinho, Tostão and Rivellino find a way through. 🇪🇸 Spain 2010 beat 🇭🇺 Hungary 1954 Hungary's attack was extraordinary, perhaps the greatest before modern football. But Spain's ability to suffocate games through possession and positional control would be uniquely difficult for the Magical Magyars to solve. 🇦🇷 Argentina 2022 beat 🇫🇷 France 1998 A brutal match. France 1998 had a phenomenal spine and perhaps the best defence of any champion. But Argentina 2022 had more attacking solutions, tactical flexibility and, of course, Messi still capable of deciding any game. 🇩🇪 Germany 2014 beat 🇧🇷 Brazil 1958 One of the toughest calls. Brazil 1958 had more genius. Germany 2014 had more balance. Neuer, Lahm, Kroos, Schweinsteiger, Müller and Klose form perhaps the most complete World Cup-winning side of the modern era. Semi-finals 🇧🇷 Brazil 1970 beat 🇪🇸 Spain 2010 Football's ultimate clash of styles. Spain's defensive record and control of space were unmatched. But Brazil 1970 possessed too many creators, too many scorers and too much imagination. They remain the only team that could probably make Spain play a game they didn't want to play. 🇦🇷 Argentina 2022 beat 🇩🇪 Germany 2014 The match that surprised me most. Germany 2014 might be the most complete side of the 21st century, but Argentina 2022 combined elite organisation, elite mentality and a Messi-led attack with genuine support around him. Dibu Martínez, Cucho Romero, Enzo Fernández, Mac Allister, Julián Álvarez and Di María made this far more than a one-man team. Final 🇧🇷 Brazil 1970 beat 🇦🇷 Argentina 2022 And this is where I ended up after changing my mind several times. Argentina 2022 are probably the most balanced team in the tournament. Better goalkeeper. Better defensive structure. Greater tactical flexibility. But Brazil 1970 had something no other team in football history has quite matched: world-class players everywhere you looked, all at the same time. Pelé. Jairzinho. Tostão. Rivellino. Gérson. Carlos Alberto. Every attack looked capable of producing something nobody had ever seen before. So my final ranking is: 🥇 Brazil 1970 🥈 Argentina 2022 🥉 Germany 2014 4️⃣ Spain 2010 5️⃣ Brazil 1958 One final thought: I still think Maradona's 1986 remains the greatest individual World Cup performance ever alongside Messi 2022. But if we're judging teams rather than individuals, Argentina 2022 is the strongest Argentine side I've ever seen and, for me, the closest anyone comes to knocking Brazil 1970 off the top of the mountain. Agree or disagree? Who am I underrating? 👇🏆⚽️

GuillemBalague's tweet photo. I've spent far too much time thinking about this: every great World Cup team in history enters a knockout tournament at its peak.

Brazil 1970. Spain 2010. Argentina 2022. Germany 2014. Hungary 1954. Italy 2006. I have considered performance, quality, balance, depth, goals scored, goals conceded, tactical sophistication and game-changing players.

And these are the last stages of this made up Word Cup

Quarter-finals

🇧🇷 Brazil 1970 beat 🇮🇹 Italy 2006

The greatest attack ever assembled against one of the greatest defensive champions ever assembled. Cannavaro's Italy would make life miserable, but eventually Pelé, Jairzinho, Tostão and Rivellino find a way through.

🇪🇸 Spain 2010 beat 🇭🇺 Hungary 1954

Hungary's attack was extraordinary, perhaps the greatest before modern football. But Spain's ability to suffocate games through possession and positional control would be uniquely difficult for the Magical Magyars to solve.

🇦🇷 Argentina 2022 beat 🇫🇷 France 1998

A brutal match. France 1998 had a phenomenal spine and perhaps the best defence of any champion. But Argentina 2022 had more attacking solutions, tactical flexibility and, of course, Messi still capable of deciding any game.

🇩🇪 Germany 2014 beat 🇧🇷 Brazil 1958

One of the toughest calls. Brazil 1958 had more genius. Germany 2014 had more balance. Neuer, Lahm, Kroos, Schweinsteiger, Müller and Klose form perhaps the most complete World Cup-winning side of the modern era.

Semi-finals

🇧🇷 Brazil 1970 beat 🇪🇸 Spain 2010

Football's ultimate clash of styles.

Spain's defensive record and control of space were unmatched. But Brazil 1970 possessed too many creators, too many scorers and too much imagination. They remain the only team that could probably make Spain play a game they didn't want to play.

🇦🇷 Argentina 2022 beat 🇩🇪 Germany 2014

The match that surprised me most.

Germany 2014 might be the most complete side of the 21st century, but Argentina 2022 combined elite organisation, elite mentality and a Messi-led attack with genuine support around him. Dibu Martínez, Cucho Romero, Enzo Fernández, Mac Allister, Julián Álvarez and Di María made this far more than a one-man team.

Final

🇧🇷 Brazil 1970 beat 🇦🇷 Argentina 2022

And this is where I ended up after changing my mind several times.

Argentina 2022 are probably the most balanced team in the tournament. Better goalkeeper. Better defensive structure. Greater tactical flexibility.

But Brazil 1970 had something no other team in football history has quite matched: world-class players everywhere you looked, all at the same time.

Pelé. Jairzinho. Tostão. Rivellino. Gérson. Carlos Alberto.

Every attack looked capable of producing something nobody had ever seen before.

So my final ranking is:

🥇 Brazil 1970
🥈 Argentina 2022
🥉 Germany 2014
4️⃣ Spain 2010
5️⃣ Brazil 1958

One final thought:

I still think Maradona's 1986 remains the greatest individual World Cup performance ever alongside Messi 2022. But if we're judging teams rather than individuals, Argentina 2022 is the strongest Argentine side I've ever seen and, for me, the closest anyone comes to knocking Brazil 1970 off the top of the mountain.

Agree or disagree? Who am I underrating? 👇🏆⚽️

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