Former Spartak midfielder Yegor Titov named the main discoveries of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

In the final match of the tournament, the Argentina national team defeated the French team – 3:3, on pen. 4:2. In the game for third place, the Croats beat Morocco (2:1).

– The main discovery for us at this championship was the national team of Morocco. If we take, probably, the greatest progress is the Moroccans. Liked the Australians in the match with Argentina. The highest team turned out to be stubborn, and we saw how Argentina could stop at the 1/8 final stage, forget the 18-year-old boy. And it is not known what would happen next: a penalty shoot-out, would have passed, no further?

Of course, [открытием стал] Argentine goalkeeper Martinez. Few knew him. They knew that there was such a thing, but that it would open up like that – this is also such a Hollywood story in general. These are probably the best moments of his career, and perhaps his whole life. You can also immediately recall the Croatian goalkeeper Livakovic, who at the age of 27 plays in Zagreb, and he showed himself so brightly in the national team. I think it will be taken away soon. The man made himself.

The most important discovery is a bright final match, we will remember it for a long time.

This final is truly the greatest in history. Again, from the 1966 final, I saw only excerpts where Hurst made a hat-trick. There was a great finale in 1986. Then we remember matches with a small number of goals and the tragedy of Roberto Baggio in 1994.

Probably, from what I have seen in my lifetime, this is definitely the best ending, and it will be very, very difficult to surpass it. Considering that this is not hockey, where the world championship is every year, but every four years, then, I think that such a bright and emotional final can not be played soon. I think that many then did not sleep for a long time, I generally sat on emotions, still analyzed, reviewed replays, ”RBC Sport quotes Titov.

Earlier, another ex-Spartak player Dmitry Radchenko noted the fairness of the outcome of the final match. “The Argentines went to this meeting as the last match of their lives. They imposed such pressure on the French, such a tight fight in every part of the field, not sparing themselves. In the first half, they did not let the opponent do anything at all in the attack. Therefore, Deschamps was even forced to replace two attackers. The Argentines are great, they deserve this World Cup, ”Radchenko quotes Vseprosport.