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By the final whistle, I wasn't as horrified by the Spain victory as I thought I might be. I'd have loved it to be the other way around, if only for Messi's sake, but they didn't really deserve it, and Spain weren't quite as boring as I they could have been. That said, the Saturday night goalfest exceeded even my own expectations and hopes, and it could have been even better if France had actually turned up before the second half.

For numerous reasons though, I'm very happy it's finally all over and we're back to proper football, as epitomised by the Scottish Professional Football Leagues and the League Cup Qualifiers. I can't say I enjoyed the World Cup Tournament overall though, and not just because the Scots packed their bags early yet again. Lots of aspects I found pretty frustrating and often annoying (maybe I've reached peak curmudgeonliness in my advancing years - just glad Mince beat me to it by at least a decade), culminating in me being in very rare agreement with Wayne Rooney over his assessment of the half-time show on Sunday ("I thought it was crap.") - highlight of the day for me.

But I'm really glad you enjoyed embracing so much of it, Diane. Your unfolding commentary and appreciation has trumped most of the negative aspects of the past few weeks for me.

And speaking of Trump, I was almost disappointed at how well behaved he was for most of the game, and he even seemed to be enjoying dishing out the medals. But then he couldn't resist photobombing the Spanish team's celebration pictures, whilst Infantino tried to drag him away... absolutely priceless!

Well done, Spain.
Well done, England.
Just a few weeks ago, you'd have got better odds on me saying either of those things than Cape Verde winning the trophy 5-0.

The first half of the game was a literal snore fest as hubby decided to watch his first soccer game because my oldest drove over to watch with me. Promptly fell asleep LOL

Glad things turned out as they did because Spain is a zippy, class act, and that the game wasn't decided by penalties.  Such a lot of action if few goals resulted from it.  I think Argentina were slightly better behaved but still favoured by the refs.  Thanks go to both teams for entertaining about half the population of the globe

My daughter also showed up for the second half of the game - it is too bad they didn't all watch yesterday bronze match instead for their first games. 

Looking forward to todays Spain v Argentina game. From how I've seen them play, I am rooting for Spain, the more gentlemanly team. Argentina is the best at what they do, not sure if I would call it soccer though. Hope nobody is permanently injured on the Spanish side.

The nice thing is that I will have someone to watch with me today as my son is driving over, we will also do a nice Sunday dinner later with the family- already made the mini Pavlova bases last night.

Well I hope everyone has wonderful time - it was my first World Cup and it was more than I expected, not only the games but all the player and fan side stories. It makes me feel that the world can come together and maybe even tackle some our our pressing issues. 

France v England today was the best game of the whole tournament as far as I am concerned. Lots of joy, minimum fouls. 

It is not much fun playing for third place. If I were those guys playing today, I would make a deal to sit the goalies out and make huge record breaking scores. There has been so much underhanded decision making in this world cup - this would at least give the fans a chuckle.