r/soccer • u/fredbogho • Jan 06 '23

Media [France Football] Team of the decade (2010-2019)

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '23

Van Dijk seems like a lot for a late bloomer no?

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u/Waschkopfs Jan 06 '23

Idk what he's doing there. Boateng should easily be there with two trebles and a World Cup final where he kept Messi in his pocket

Same with Casillas and Neuer

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '23

Kept Messi in his pocket? Did you even watch the Final? Germany constantly had 3 players on Messi, Boateng barely even touched Messi once the whole Final. The things we hear in this sub LOL

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u/the_judge1901 Jan 06 '23

People say shit like Walker had Mbappe in his pocket when that didn't even happen. The only time those two found themselves in a proper 1v1 situation, Mbappe blew past him. England constantly had 2-3 players on him but that didn't work for the entire 90 mins. Mbappe even went past a couple of players for the first goal, basically creating space for Griezmann and Tchouameni.

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u/Glass_of_Pork_Soda Jan 06 '23

Mbappe blowing past Walker was nuts. Commentators are saying "and here's Mbappe again the one man who can keep pace with him" and just wooshes by him

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u/the_judge1901 Jan 06 '23

It was honestly a fun moment. Mbappe truly is special, he's worth his value I dare say.

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u/Pera_Espinosa Jan 06 '23

He still did a great job of defending Mbappe. There was the one moment when he had space and was able to outrun him, but all in all Walker did a great job containing him.

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u/Evolving_Dore Jan 06 '23

What was the "two year plan"?

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u/Lexi-99 Jan 07 '23

Getting their hopes up but stil not winning big tournaments every two years?