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#3 The winner? Football!
It was a spectacle indeed!
It was a refreshing month of fast paced, dramatic, and extremely high quality and skillful football. This World Cup was also proof of the fact that we are living through a golden era of football in terms of talent and ability.
It was really welcoming to observe the emergence of several players at the biggest stage instead of the standard two-way rivalry which we have been so accustomed to watch.
While the player of the tournament Luka Modric was impressing everyone with his graceful brilliance, the best young player of the tournament awardee Kylian Mbappe was on his way to becoming a global superstar by netting in the first World Cup final goal by a teenager since Pele in an extremely Pele-esque manner.
At the same time Harry Kane was stamping his authority on the World Cup by leading England to an amazing 4th place finish while winning the World Cup Golden Boot.
It is fitting that the quality of the event as well as the exhilarating nature of the fixtures took center stage instead of the off field drama (well, at least through most of the tournament) and it was one of the most exciting World Cups in recent memory.
