Njunge wrote:Spikes wrote:I'm impressed how football measures human psychology. ..Majority are betting a France win but their prediction will face brutal truth when Croatia takes home the trophy...BTW France has been winning by sheer chances.If histoy of luck being on their side does not repeat itself there is 99% probability of France sent home without lifting the glamorized trophy.
You can take this to the bank before tomorrow.
I have taken that to my Piggy Bank. Nothing is going on inside

....back to football. Perisic might have picked a thigh strain which may rule him out. If that happens, France wins but here is the catch (my view please). They played anti-football against Belgium. They should not do that in the final if they are to be worthy champs. If they go out and simply enjoy the game, they will win the cup plus alot of fans.
France will win because the world cup is political and historical. The tournament is a festival to celebrate the stability of global order. Right now when global and in effect European order is at stake, the festival will tend to demand a token of the status quo be given. And between France and Croatia that token is more powerful when with France.
That has been my hypothesis over this world cup. In the beginning of the tournament my simulation of the tournament had France versus Poland in the finals. But the simulation turns out to be with around 30% error rate...
BTW, I believe when draws are announced before the world cup, all teams and stakeholders begin to strategize within certain predefined limits. And the tournament becomes a fiction.
But let's wait for kipenga cha mwisho.