Yes, yes, yes, Messi was the star of the Cup (fair), Mbappé was the top scorer (mathematical), and Martínez, the best goalkeeper (has his worth). But there are other elections and choices that FIFA didn’t have the courage, or sense, to make. Let’s go to them.
World Cup Revelation
Gianni Infantino is a redhead
Cup embarrassment
Commentary by Infantino, who said he knew what gay and migrant bullying is because he was teased as a child in Switzerland for being Italian and… red-haired
Most beautiful goal of the World Cup that was for nothing
Neymar, mixture of collective, in the tables, with individual, in the conclusion; and he didn’t fall when he received a kick from the Croatian
World Cup’s Coolest Goal
The second for the Netherlands in the draw against Argentina, scored by the Dutch Weghorst after a courageous and beautifully rehearsed free kick
World Cup Player You’ll Never Hear About Again
The Dutchman Weghorst
World Cup’s most surprising record
Value of gold-plated meat, R$ 3,300
‘I’m in charge of this Cup’ moment of the Cup
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani putting a black cape on Messi in the title photo
Faster departure from the pitch in the Cup
Technical tie: Tite, against Croatia, and Cristiano Ronaldo, against Morocco
Word of the Cup
“What aim, fool?”, by the phrase Messi, to a fool
Cup Dance
Boufal, from Morocco, with her mother, on the lawn
‘Danced’ of the Cup
Budweiser
Cup crowd at the Cup
Morocco
Cup fans outside the Cup
Argentine Abuela
World Cup Influencer
Luis Padrique, or rather Luis Enrique, coach of Spain, who had fun in lives at the end of the day and talked about underwear, pool or his daughter’s boyfriend
Cup’s most emotional cry
Argentine Di María, still on the field, after scoring the second goal of the final
Most emotional cry after the World Cup
Cristiano Ronaldo, upon learning that Messi has the most liked photo on Instagram
Dressing room where I wanted to put a bug in the Cup
The Belgian generation
Portuguese most talked about in Brazil during the World Cup
Victor Pereira
Portuguese most talked about in Brazil during the World Cup
Vitor Pereira’s mother-in-law
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