6:00 PM — Kickoff

Argentina controlled possession from the opening whistle, and their shape was clear immediately—patient circulation designed to pull France narrow before switching play wide.

Demien watched Messi drop into space between France's midfield and defensive lines in the fourteenth minute, and the center-back stepped up to close him down while leaving a gap behind.

Demien watched without speaking while Sophia glanced at him briefly.

The ball moved wide and then back inside, and Argentina's movement patterns created overloads on one side before switching play to exploit the space on the other, and France struggled to match the tempo without committing too many players forward.

23' —

Di María received the ball on the left side of Argentina's attacking third and drove toward the byline, and Dembélé tracked him while staying goal-side, and when Di María cut inside suddenly the contact came late—not violent but enough to unbalance him.

The referee pointed to the spot immediately, and the stadium noise shifted from anticipation to certainty.

Messi placed the ball on the penalty spot without hesitation, and he stood with his hands on his hips while the referee checked with VAR and the French players formed a line near the box arguing the decision.

"He's calm," Sophia said.

Demien nodded but didn't respond because his attention was fixed on Messi's body language—no theatrics, no visible tension, just professional focus.

The referee blew his whistle and Messi began his run-up—short steps, body opening late, Lloris leaning left before the contact.

The ball stayed low into the right corner with precision over power, and Lloris dove the correct direction but his hand passed above the ball rather than reaching it.

ARGENTINA 1-0 FRANCE

The crowd erupted and Demien exhaled slowly while watching the celebration, and his focus wasn't on the goal itself but on how it had been engineered—the patient buildup, the run that drew the foul, the execution without wasted emotion.

36' —

Argentina regained possession near midfield after a French clearance was cut out, and the tempo increased immediately.

Messi received with his back to goal and flicked the ball right toward Álvarez without turning, and the pass came before France's midfield could close the space.

Álvarez drove forward and played a diagonal ball into Mac Allister's run, and Mac Allister was already looking up before receiving the ball because he'd seen Di María starting his movement toward the back post.

The pass came first time—low and across the face of goal—and Di María arrived completely untracked by any French defender.

The finish was simple because the difficulty had been in the buildup, and Di María's left foot met the ball cleanly and directed it past Lloris into the right side of the net.

ARGENTINA 2-0 FRANCE

Demien barely watched the celebration because his mind was replaying the movement sequence—Messi's release without looking, Álvarez's recognition, Mac Allister's timing, Di María's anticipation.

Luca was standing with his hands above his head while Demien remained seated, and the gap between watching elite execution and being unable to participate in it sat heavy in his chest.

HALFTIME — ARGENTINA 2-0 FRANCE

The halftime break passed with Argentina's supporters dominating the noise while French sections remained quieter, and the screens around the stadium showed replays and statistics that confirmed Argentina's control had been complete.

Elena looked at her phone while Demien shifted his weight off his right leg, and France's inability to find space was obvious because Argentina had controlled every phase of the match.

Sophia handed him a bottle of water and he drank while watching the teams return to the pitch for the second half, and the atmosphere felt settled rather than tense because Argentina's dominance had been so thorough.

46' — 79' SECOND HALF

The second half continued with Argentina controlling possession while France struggled to create any sustained pressure, and Demien found the one-sided nature uncomfortable because matches at this level weren't supposed to be so controlled.

France's first real chance came in the sixty-eighth minute when Kolo Muani met a corner kick with his head, and the connection was clean but the ball sailed wide of the far post, and Argentina's goalkeeper hadn't needed to move.

Luca leaned back in his seat in the seventy-fifth minute while Demien's attention stayed fixed on the pitch, and five minutes in football could change everything regardless of how controlled a match appeared.

80' —

The match turned without warning when Kolo Muani drove into Argentina's box and Otamendi's challenge came late, and the contact wasn't excessive but the forward was already past him when it arrived.

The referee pointed to the spot and the stadium shifted instantly—the noise from French sections rising while Argentine supporters went quiet.

Mbappé placed the ball on the spot and his body language showed no hesitation, and when the whistle blew his run-up was direct and his strike was violent.

The ball went low toward the right corner and Martínez dove correctly but his hands couldn't reach it because the power was too much, and the ball hit the side netting before the keeper's body hit the ground.

ARGENTINA 2-1 FRANCE

Sophia sat forward while Demien's jaw tightened, and the execution had been perfect despite being stylistically opposite—where Messi had used placement and deception, Mbappé had used pure force.

81' —

France regained possession almost immediately from the restart, and the tempo that had been controlled for eighty minutes suddenly accelerated.

Messi lost the ball in midfield and France broke forward with speed, and Mbappé received wide before cutting inside and playing a simple pass to Thuram.

Thuram held possession for one touch before laying the ball back toward the edge of the box, and Mbappé was already moving into position before the pass arrived.

The ball dropped just outside the eighteen-yard box and Mbappé didn't adjust his body—he was already set with his weight balanced and his right foot prepared.

He met the ball first time on the volley and the contact was clean, and the shot rocketed past Martínez before anyone in the stadium could react.

ARGENTINA 2-2 FRANCE

A/N

I know i said 4 but i think its 7... anyways this match was so peak i just had to add it im sorry but it also affect the storyline has it will make demein want to get to that point.

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