{"id":160743,"date":"2022-12-17T20:26:08","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T20:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/frances-survivors-daring-for-greatest-heist-yet-against-messi-and-argentina-world-cup-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-12-17T20:26:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T20:26:08","slug":"frances-survivors-daring-for-greatest-heist-yet-against-messi-and-argentina-world-cup-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/frances-survivors-daring-for-greatest-heist-yet-against-messi-and-argentina-world-cup-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"France’s survivors daring for greatest heist yet against Messi and Argentina | World Cup 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
I<\/span><\/span>f France are the new West Germany \u2013 unflinching under pressure, unconcerned with claiming neutral hearts \u2013 then perhaps time has spun back to 1986. If so then it is good news for Argentina. It has been 36 years since the South Americans edged past the West Germans in a thrilling final and, by the time this most unsettling of World Cups comes to an end at the Lusail Stadium, most football romantics will hope that Lionel Messi has finally claimed his place alongside Diego Maradona in Argentinian folklore.<\/span><\/p>\n Destiny awaits. Messi in 2022 has been the equivalent of Maradona at Mexico 86, making an ordinary team believe they are capable of winning the greatest prize of all. This is surely his time. Unless, of course, France overcome the virus sweeping through their camp and pull off their latest heist. \u201cI know that Argentinian people, many people around the world, maybe even some French people hope Messi will win the World Cup,\u201d Didier Deschamps acknowledged. \u201cBut we will do everything to achieve our objective.\u201d<\/p>\n The message from Deschamps was that France are as ready as any flu-ridden team can be. \u201cWe know what Lionel Messi means in the history of football,\u201d France’s captain, Hugo Lloris, added. \u201cBut we will try to find the key to success.\u201d<\/p>\n