The Fußball Chatter

France 🇫🇷  What can one say about France right now? They are the gold standard of international football. Winning the World Cup in 2018 and making three finals in the last four tournaments they competed in. They became the first team since Brazil in 1998 to reach the World Cup Final consecutively, losing to Argentina on penalties in an all-time classic. In the Euros, France are two-time winners (1984, 2000) and lost the final at home in 2016. In Euro 2020, France suffered a shock exit. Losing to Switzerland on penalties in the Round of 16. They breezed through qualification, winning seven in eight games, and scoring 29 goals. Coach Didier Deschamps has been France's coach since 2012; and is the longest-serving manager at the tournament.    If he leads Les Bleu to success, he will become the second person after Berti Vogts to win the Euros as a player and coach. An incredible feat having won the World Cup as a player and coach. Deschamps has a wealth of riches to ...

ARGENTINA            Nickname: La Albiceleste           Captain: Lionel Messi           Key Player: Lautaro Martinez           Coach: Lionel Scaloni           Last World Cup Appearance: 2018 (Round of 16) Argentina is in a good place right now. They have a more settled squad going into this World Cup than they did in the 2018 edition. The team is more balanced, and Lionel Messi looks more comfortable in an Argentina shirt than ever. Argentina is one of the biggest football countries in the world, having won two World Cup titles and produced players like Diego Maradona, Javier Zanetti, Gabriel Batistuta, Juan Roman Riquelme and Javier Mascherano. However, Argentina has been heavy with attacking players with little depth of quality in other areas of the team. That was evident in recent years when Argentina reached the 2014 World Cup Final and two Copa America F...