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The common consensus — as reflected in the newspaper’s commentary: Otamendi had a solid game, kept Mbappé quiet for 90% of it, but made one obvious mistake, giving away the penalty that brought France back into the game. Mbappé was mostly invisible for 80 of the 90 minutes of ordinary time, but sparked to life ten minutes from the end, scoring an impressive goal and converting two penalties to make the first world cup final hat trick since 1966. | The common consensus — as reflected in the newspaper’s commentary: Otamendi had a solid game, kept Mbappé quiet for 90% of it, but made one obvious mistake, giving away the penalty that brought France back into the game. Mbappé was mostly invisible for 80 of the 90 minutes of ordinary time, but sparked to life ten minutes from the end, scoring an impressive goal and converting two penalties to make the first world cup final hat trick since 1966. | ||
Yet Otamendi’s average rating was around 5; Mbappé’s almost | Yet Otamendi’s average rating was around just over 5; Mbappé’s almost between 9 and perfect. | ||
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'''Mbappé''': Zero to hero. Incredible. Was he playing in the first half? Looked like he’d picked the biggest game of his career to have the worst day of his life. Then….remarkable. | '''Mbappé''': Zero to hero. Incredible. Was he playing in the first half? Looked like he’d picked the biggest game of his career to have the worst day of his life. Then….remarkable. | ||
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|'''Otamendi''': Good game, one error | |'''Otamendi''': Good game, one error, but what a doozy. | ||
'''Mbappé''': Not sure he was even playing, but | '''Mbappé''': Not sure he was even playing for an hour and a half, but came right at the end. | ||
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The point here is not to challenge these ratings, but note how much harder it is to be a defender then an attacker. You can shut the brightest star in football’s firmament out of a world bio final for 80 minutes and get 4; you can ''be'' shut out for that time and get a ten. | The point here is not to challenge these ratings, but note how much harder it is to be a defender then an attacker. You can shut the brightest star in football’s firmament out of a world bio final for 80 minutes and get 4; you can ''be'' shut out for that time and get a ten. | ||