Andrey Shakhov: “This 2022 World Cup final showed that the penalty shootout is not a lottery”

Well-known Ukrainian journalist Andriy Shakhov commented on Argentina's victory in the 2022 World Cup final.

“The best final in World Cup history! Definitely! Congratulations to those who rooted for Argentina and personally for Messi, even though I was for France. Although it is not clear what France was playing from the very beginning. For the first half-and-a-half, not a single shot on goal. No one! In the World Cup final! In fact, this is the best football in the history of the World Cup and began after the replacements of France, or rather, after the first goal. But the best match in the history of football, in my understanding, the semi-final of the World Cup-82 Germany - France, too, was not gorgeous from the very beginning.

And this final showed that the penalty shootout is not a lottery. If Martinez reflects penalties much better than Lloris, then one should not be surprised at the final victory of the args,” Shakhov wrote on the Shah and Shah telegram channel.