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and in the final against France, Argentina practically won the game in the regular part and unnecessarily complicated everything.
Well.. it was fun to watch. With just 10 minutes remaining in the regular time, France was nowhere in the picture. Argentina was having around 70%-80% possession. Ever since I started watching the world cup in 1998, I have never seen such a one-sided final match. But then things changed with the penalty kick in 80th minute. And a few minutes before that the Argentine coach had withdrawn di Maria after getting overconfident. What happened after that is history and everyone were glued to their seats for the next 40-50 minutes.
It started as one of the most lop-sided final match, and ended up as one of the most exciting ever.