I get what you mean about losing interest when it feels like the same names keep popping up, but do you think France can actually win it all with Mbappe leading or does the rest of the squad need to step up more?
The 2005 one at the Bernabeu where Ronaldinho got a standing ovation from the Madrid fans still feels unreal, like that kind of respect in a rivalry never happens.
I still get flashbacks to the 94 final, my dad nearly threw the TV out the window when Baggio sked that penalty. I'll take extra time chaos over that heartbreak any day
I keep hearing about France and Spain but feels like everyone forgets Brazil just pumps out world class teenagers every other season, their u20s side hardly ever looks weak tbh
I remember watching them barely scrape through in 2022 after losing that opening group game to Tunisia, and somehow they still made the final. Feels like they always drop one early match just to wake everyone up.