After a tournament that was gripping from start to finish with thrilling matches, marvellous midfielders, the rebirth of England and VAR controversy, Qatar has a lot to live up to
Thank you Russia, and goodbye! It’s been fun. Not to mention epic, thrilling, dazzlingly well-organised, and with a constantly shifting sense of place from the strangulating heat of Samara, to the fly-marshes of Volgograd, to the mist and drizzle of the north.
But that is now a wrap. After four and a half weeks and 64 matches, 1,613 shots, 1,734 fouls and a shared continental-scale avalanche of herring, beetroot, dumplings, vodka and sustained on-field drama, the World Cup can now be packed away for the next four years.
Written by Barney Ronay
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/16/weeks-endless-drama-russia-re-energised-world-cup under the title “Four weeks of endless drama in Russia has re-energised World Cup | Barney Ronay”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
