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So the world cup has kicked off and many steemians are getting in on the action with prediction score games, reviews of the games, opinions of who they think will win it and who they are supporting for the tournament and it's really livened up my feed which has been pretty slow as of late.
I've been going through tons of World cup content on the site and I didn't see much love for stand out players for each game and I thought it would be a cool series of posts to run with for the next month.
This is my second post in the series. If you'd like to check out the previous ones I'll keep listing them here:
- 1 World Cup Players of the round: Group A & B - Match Day 1
- 2 World Cup Players of the round: Group C & D - Match Day 1
- 3 World Cup Players of the round: Group F & G - Match Day 1
- 4 World Cup Players of the round: Group E & F - Match Day 1
- 5 World Cup Players of the round: Group H & A - Match Day 1/2
- 6 World Cup Players of the round: Group A & B - Match Day 2
- 7 World Cup Players of the round: Group C & D - Match Day 2
- 8 World Cup Players of the round: Group D & E - Match Day 2
- 9 World Cup Players of the round: Group F & G - Match Day 2
- 10 World Cup Players of the round: Group G & H - Match Day 2
- 11 World Cup Players of the round: Group A & B - Match Day 3
- 12 World Cup Players of the round: Group C & D - Match Day 3
- 13 World Cup Players of the round: Group E & F - Match Day 3
- 14 World Cup Players of the round: Group G & H - Match Day 3
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If you would like to join me and create your own post like this then feel free and use the #wcmom - world cup man of the match and feel free to tag me in your post, I'd love to read it :)
France vs Argentina
What an amazing game and probably one of the most entertaining one of this year's World cup. The better team on the day won but it wasn't without a solid individual performance from a teenager of all players. Kylian Mbappe announced himself on football's biggest stage with two fine goals that gave France victory in a classic World Cup encounter with Argentina and a place in the quarter-finals.
Though much of the focus before the game was on Argentina superstar Lionel Messi, it was Mbappe who produced a brilliant performance that will linger long in the memory. Mbappe's second-half double turned the game decisively in France's favour, and inflicted more pain on Argentina in what may be their final chance to win the World Cup during Messi's prime.
Mbappe also made history by becoming the first teenager to score multiple goals in a World Cup tournament since Michael Owen for England in 1998
Photo: BBC
Uruguay vs Portugal
Scoring a contentder for the goal of the tournament and then finishing off an amazingtelepathicc move with strike partner Saurez, Edinson Cavani has to take home the man of the match. Aside from his goals Cavani was a constant menace to the Portugal defence with his strength and movement, particularly on the counter and left it all on the pitch even having to come off 15 minutes before time with an injury which could be a big blow for Uruguay's future progress in the tournament.
Photo: BBC
Have your say
So there you have it, the stand out players from the last 4 games. The round of 16 kicked off with really style providing 10 goals in 2 matches and seeing us say goodbye to World Superstars Ronaldo and Messi on the same day. PSG fans should be pretty chuffed with both their strikers putting in a man of the match performances during the business end of the tournamentt.
Who do you think was your stand out player in matchday 1 so far? Would love to hear your feedback as matches start coming thick and fast. So drop me a comment or a link to your review of world cup stand out players
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