World Cup final: Messi’s moment, a superb tournament on the pitch, if not always off it – plus Southgate stays reaction
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Will the World Cup Always Have That Asterisk Next to It?
There will be an asterisk next to this world cup, there will be, and there will be question marks that remain to FIFA of why they decided to stage it here. The human rights issues of Qatar will come back when the World Cup has finished. But if you look at it purely on a football level, it was an extraordinary World Cup. We saw some huge shots and upsets in the grid stages, didn't we, with Japan and Saudi Arabia going out at the group stages. We saw probably the best World Cup final there has ever been, with probably the world's best player there has ever being lifting the World Cup. So I think football fans will remember the football and those
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